- Make and break
- Make and break Make and break (Elec.) Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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make-and-break — /mayk euhn brayk /, adj. noting or pertaining to a device, operated by an electric current, for automatically opening or closing a circuit once it has been closed or opened by a mechanical springlike device, as in a doorbell. [1855 60] * * * … Universalium
Make or Break TV — is a Canadian thirteen episode half hour documentary television series produced by Make Believe Media Inc. and currently airs on TVtropolis. The first episode premiered on Thursday September 4, 2008 and was repeated in the show s regular time… … Wikipedia
make-or-break — adjective Date: 1919 allowing no middle ground between success and failure … New Collegiate Dictionary
Break — (br[=a]k), v. t. [imp. {broke} (br[=o]k), (Obs. {Brake}); p. p. {Broken} (br[=o] k n), (Obs. {Broke}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Breaking}.] [OE. breken, AS. brecan; akin to OS. brekan, D. breken, OHG. brehhan, G. brechen, Icel. braka to creak, Sw. braka … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Break the Ice — «Break the Ice» Сингл Бритни Спирс из альбома Blackout … Википедия
break — I. verb (broke; broken; breaking) Etymology: Middle English breken, from Old English brecan; akin to Old High German brehhan to break, Latin frangere Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to separate into parts with suddenness or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
break — breakable, adj. breakableness, n. breakably, adv. breakless, adj. /brayk/, v., broke or (Archaic) brake; broken or (Archaic) broke; breaking; n. v.t … Universalium
Break-even (economics) — This article is about Break even (economics). For other uses, see Break even (disambiguation). The Break Even Point In economics business, specifically cost accounting, the break even point (BEP) is the point at which cost or expenses and revenue … Wikipedia
make — ▪ I. make make 1 [meɪk] verb made PTandPP [meɪd] making PRESPART 1. [transitive] MANUFACTURING to produce something by working or by using industrial processes … Financial and business terms
break — I n. dash 1) to make a break (for safety) escape 2) a mass; prison break interruption 3) to make a break 4) a break in, with (a break in the conversation; to make a break with tradition) rest 5) to have (esp. BE), take a break 6) a coffee; news;… … Combinatory dictionary
