Phrase guide

break-even point

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The point where total costs equal total revenue and the organization neither makes a profit nor suffers a loss.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, management

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Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: punt mort — point where total costs equal total sales revenue
  • Catalan: llindar de rendibilitat — point where total costs equal total sales revenue
  • Chinese Mandarin: 收支平衡點 /收支平衡点 (shōuzhī pínghéng diǎn) — point where total costs equal total sales revenue
  • Chinese Mandarin: 盈虧平衡點 /盈亏平衡点 (yíngkuī pínghéng diǎn) — point where total costs equal total sales revenue
  • Dutch: rentabiliteitsdrempel — point where total costs equal total sales revenue
  • Finnish: kannattavuusraja — point where total costs equal total sales revenue
  • Finnish: kriittinen piste — point where total costs equal total sales revenue
  • Finnish: break-even -piste — point where total costs equal total sales revenue
  • French: seuil de rentabilité — point where total costs equal total sales revenue
  • German: Gewinnschwelle — point where total costs equal total sales revenue
  • Hungarian: fedezeti pont — point where total costs equal total sales revenue
  • Indonesian: titik impas — point where total costs equal total sales revenue
  • Indonesian: titik balik modal — point where total costs equal total sales revenue
  • Japanese: 損益分岐点 (sonekibunkiten) — point where total costs equal total sales revenue
  • Polish: próg rentowności — point where total costs equal total sales revenue
  • Portuguese: ponto de equilíbrio — point where total costs equal total sales revenue
  • Russian: то́чка нулево́й при́были (tóčka nulevój príbyli) — point where total costs equal total sales revenue
  • Russian: преде́л рента́бельности (predél rentábelʹnosti) — point where total costs equal total sales revenue
  • Russian: то́чка безубы́точности (tóčka bezubýtočnosti) — point where total costs equal total sales revenue
  • Spanish: punto muerto — point where total costs equal total sales revenue
  • Thai: จุดคุ้มทุน — point where total costs equal total sales revenue