breakeven

breakeven
break·e·ven or break-e·ven (brākʹēʹvən) adj.
Marked by or indicating a balance, especially between investment and return.
n. In both senses also called break-even point.
1. The point, especially the level of sales of a good or service, at which the return on investment is exactly equal to the amount invested.
2. The point at which the energy put into a system is equalled by the energy produced by that system:

reaching breakeven in controlled fusion reactions.

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