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	* [[Profit]]		* [[Profit]]
	* [[Sensitivity analysis]]		* [[Sensitivity analysis]]

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	* [[Fixed cost]]		* [[Fixed cost]]
			* [[Loss]]
	* [[Margin of safety]]		* [[Margin of safety]]
	* [[Out-turn]]		* [[Out-turn]]
			* [[Profit]]
	* [[Sensitivity analysis]]		* [[Sensitivity analysis]]
			* [[Surplus]]

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	2. ''Market ~~pricing~~.''		2. ''Market prices - outturns.''

	Break even point also refers to the market price at which a strategy results in neither a profit nor a loss.		Break even point also refers to the market price at which a strategy results in neither a profit nor a loss.


	3. ''Strategy ~~choice~~.''		3. ''Strategy - indifference.''

	Break even point can also mean any point - for example an out-turn market price - at which two alternative strategies give the same result.		Break even point can also mean any point - for example an out-turn market price - at which two alternative strategies give the same result.

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			(BEP).


	1. ''Cost and management accounting.''		1. ''Cost and management accounting.''

	~~(BEP).~~

	In cost and management accounting, the break even point is the number of units of production at which total contribution is equal to fixed cost.		In cost and management accounting, the break even point is the number of units of production at which total contribution is equal to fixed cost.
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	2.		2. ''Market pricing.''

	Break even point also refers to the market price at which a strategy results in neither a profit nor a loss.		Break even point also refers to the market price at which a strategy results in neither a profit nor a loss.


	3.		3. ''Strategy choice.''

	Break even point can also mean any point - for example an out-turn market price - at which two alternative strategies give the same result.		Break even point can also mean any point - for example an out-turn market price - at which two alternative strategies give the same result.

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	So when the break even point is crossed, the optimum decision or choice will change.		So when the break even point is crossed, the optimum decision or choice will change.


			Also written ''breakeven'' point.

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	(BEP).		(BEP).

	In cost and management accounting, the break even point is the number of units of production at which contribution is equal to ~~total~~ fixed cost.		In cost and management accounting, the break even point is the number of units of production at which total contribution is equal to fixed cost.

	In other words this is the level of production at which a producer will neither earn a profit nor incur a loss.		In other words this is the level of production at which a producer will neither earn a profit nor incur a loss.

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	1.		1. ''Cost and management accounting.''

	(BEP).		(BEP).

	~~The~~ number of units of production at which contribution is equal to total fixed cost~~, in~~ other words this is the level of production at which a producer will neither earn a profit nor ~~make~~ a loss.		In cost and management accounting, the break even point is the number of units of production at which contribution is equal to total fixed cost.

			In other words this is the level of production at which a producer will neither earn a profit nor incur a loss.


	2.		2.

	~~The~~ market price at which a strategy results in neither a profit nor a loss.		Break even point also refers to the market price at which a strategy results in neither a profit nor a loss.


	3.		3.

	A point - for example an out-turn market price - at which two alternative strategies give the same result.		Break even point can also mean any point - for example an out-turn market price - at which two alternative strategies give the same result.

	It is therefore the point of ''indifference'' between two choices or strategies. For example two trading strategies each resulting in the same expected profit.		It is therefore the point of ''indifference'' between two choices or strategies. For example two trading strategies each resulting in the same expected profit.

	So when the break even point is crossed, the optimum decision or choice will change.		So when the break even point is crossed, the optimum decision or choice will change.

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	* [[Out-turn]]		* [[Out-turn]]
	* [[Sensitivity analysis]]		* [[Sensitivity analysis]]

			[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]

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	== See also ==		== See also ==
			* [[Break-even]]
	* [[Contribution]]		* [[Contribution]]
	* [[Fixed cost]]		* [[Fixed cost]]

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	1. (BEP).		1.

			(BEP).

	The number of units of production at which contribution is equal to total fixed cost, in other words this is the level of production at which a producer will neither earn a profit nor make a loss.		The number of units of production at which contribution is equal to total fixed cost, in other words this is the level of production at which a producer will neither earn a profit nor make a loss.


	2.		2.

	The market price at which a strategy results in neither a profit nor a loss.		The market price at which a strategy results in neither a profit nor a loss.


	3.		3.

	A point - for example an out-turn market price - at which two alternative strategies give the same result.		A point - for example an out-turn market price - at which two alternative strategies give the same result.
	It is therefore the point of ''indifference'' between two choices or strategies. For example two trading strategies each resulting in the same expected profit.		It is therefore the point of ''indifference'' between two choices or strategies. For example two trading strategies each resulting in the same expected profit.
	So when the break even point is crossed, the optimum decision or choice will change.		So when the break even point is crossed, the optimum decision or choice will change.


	== See also ==		== See also ==

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	A point - for example an out-turn market price - at which two alternative strategies give the same result.		A point - for example an out-turn market price - at which two alternative strategies give the same result.
	It is therefore the point of ''indifference'' between two choices or strategies. For example two trading strategies each resulting in the same expected profit.		It is therefore the point of ''indifference'' between two choices or strategies. For example two trading strategies each resulting in the same expected profit.
	So when the ~~breakeven~~ point is crossed, the optimum decision or choice will change.		So when the break even point is crossed, the optimum decision or choice will change.

	== See also ==		== See also ==