Pitch Dictionary by pitch.dog
Budgets, finance plans & cash flow · Specialist

Break-even

ELI5

The moment when defined receipts equal defined costs or recoupment obligations.

Used in conversation

“Has legal checked break-even for this version of the agreement?”

Definition

The point at which defined receipts equal defined costs or recoupment obligations.

Here “Break-even” means: The point at which defined receipts equal defined costs or recoupment obligations.

Pitch context

You may encounter “Break-even” in rights, contracts, finance, distribution & labour conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains who controls, pays for, approves, exploits or bears risk around a project.

Sources & evidence · 8

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.