Definition of "break-even" []

• The level of revenues sufficient to cover costs. (noun)

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• "The combined use of revenue estimates and cost estimates— often based on the learning curve—is known as break-even analysis."
• "TIPS are regularly adjusted for inflation, so this gap in yields, called the break-even inflation rate, shows how much future interest traders are willing to give up for inflation protection, which can be interpreted as the future inflation rate they expect."
• "The difference between yields on 10-year Treasuries and similar-maturity inflation-linked debt, a gauge of expectations for inflation known as the break-even rate, was at 2.03 percentage points today after shrinking to 1.94 percentage points on Sept. 6, the narrowest since October 2010."