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break even
verb as in be or become equal
Example Sentences
More funding will be necessary for the athletes just to break even, but at least it initially helped get the trio to the Games.
Then again, I feel The Lone Ranger might break even thanks to DVD sales.
Next, consider that for the next four months, assuming no big shocks or great changes, the government will essentially break even.
Which, probably not coincidentally, is well under the break-even price for shale oil projects.
The red line is the approximate break-even price of the average tar sands producer.
She was too young to know that under the world's judgments clean hearts break even more easily than soiled ones.
The more I think about todays game, fellows, the more certain I am that we were mighty lucky to break even!
What salary you receive over there would just about meet the expenses of the trip, so that you would break even.
The chromite petered out in a month and a half, and he was lucky to break even.
One year out of five will break even, two years will make a little money and the other two years will make big money.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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