break-even

break-even or break·e·ven [breyk-ee-vuh n] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN adjective having income exactly equal to expenditure, thus showing neither profit nor loss. noun break-even point. Energy. the stage at which a fission or fusion reaction becomes self-sustaining. Liberaldictionary.com

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Origin of break-even An Americanism dating back to 1935–40 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for break-even Contemporary Examples of break-even

Which, probably not coincidentally, is well under the break-even price for shale oil projects.

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