A price gap that forms on the completion of an important price pattern. A breakaway gap usually signals the beginning of an important price move.
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BREAKBULK
Loose, non- containerized cargo stowed directly into a ship
BREAKBULK CARGO
Non- containerized general cargo stored in boxes, bales, pallets or other units to be loaded onto or discharged from ships or other forms of transportation . (See also: bulk and […]
BREAKBULK SHIP
A ship with conventional holds for stowage of breakbulk cargo , below or above deck, and equipped with cargo-handling gear. Ships also may be capable of carrying a limited number […]
BREAKDOWN
A failure of a relationship or of communication or a collapse of a system of authority due to widespread transgression of the rules.
BREAKDOWN MAINTENANCE
When employees are reactive to equipment failure and effectuate repairs only after a failure has occurred on a piece of equipment. Frequently, breakdown maintenance requires a maintenance prioritization system. These […]
BREAKEVEN ANALYSIS
An analysis method used to determine the number of jobs or products that need to be sold to reach a break-even point in a business.
BREAKEVEN CHART
A chart which illustrates costs, revenues, profit and loss at various levels of activity within a relevant range .
BREAKEVEN FORMULA
An analysis to determine the point at which revenue received equals the costs associated with receiving the revenue. Break-even analysis calculates known as a margin of safety , the amount […]
BREAKEVEN GRAPH
A graph that is used in analysis estimates to break even when the sales revenue will be parallel with the costs. The Break even point is where lines or curves […]
BREAKEVEN PERIOD
A calculation of the sales volume (in units) required to just cover costs. A lower sales volume would be unprofitable and a higher volume would be profitable.
BREAKEVEN POINT
A point where any difference between plus or minus or equivalent changes side.
BREAKEVEN STOP-LOSS
When a trader sets a specific price at which they will exit the financial market. Usually it is after a certain amount has been profited and can cover the trader’s […]
BREAKEVEN VOLUME
The number of units it will take to equal the total sales costs.
BREAKEVEN YIELD
The return rate on an investment which will cover all of the costs.
BREAKFAST INDEX
Serves as a price indicator that can be compared to the consumer price index (CPI). It was created by hard assets investor (HAI), a website devoted to serving investors in […]
BREAKING
Forcibly separating, parting, disintegrating, or piercing any solid substance. In the law as to housebreaking and burglary, it means the tearing away or removal of any part of a house […]
BREAKING A CASE
The expression by the judges of a court, to one another, of their views of a case, in order to ascertain how far they are agreed, and as preliminary to […]
BREAKING A WILL
the term that applies to contesting a will and being successful in overturning its validity.
BREAKING BULK
The offense committed by a bailee (particularly a carrier) in opening or unpacking the chest, parcel, or case containing goods intrusted to his care, and removing the goods and converting […]
BREAKING DOORS
Forcibly removing the fastenings of a house, so that a person may enter.
BREAKING INTO
This term applies to illegally entering any premises with the intention of stealing.
BREAKING JAIL
The act of a prisoner in effecting his escape from a place of lawful confinement . Escape, while denoting the offense of the prisoner in unlawfully leaving the jail, may […]
BREAKING OF ARRESTMENT
In Scotch law. The contempt of the law committed by an arrestee who disregards the arrestment used in his hands, and pays the sum or delivers the goods arrested to […]
BREAKING SYNDICATE
The process of disbanding the group of UNDERWRITERS involved in pricing, marketing, and distributing a NEW ISSUE of securities. Once the SYNDICATE is broken the underwriters are free to trade […]