deal breaker

English

Alternative forms

deal-breaker, dealbreaker

Pronunciation

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Noun

deal breaker (plural deal breakers)

(idiomatic) An issue which causes a relationship (especially in business) to fail.
- 2004, Mark A. Williams, Your Identity Zones: Who Am I? Who Are You? How Do We Get Along?, page 294:
  Sometimes the process of digging uncovered a deal breaker.

Derived terms

deal-breakery

Translations

an issue which causes a relationship (especially in business) to fail

Chinese:
Mandarin: 對方不會同意的條件／对方不会同意的条件 (duìfāng bù huì tóngyì de tiáojiàn)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: dealbreaker m
Finnish: kynnyskysymys (fi) (not an exact equivalent; a verb phrase, such as with kelvata, is more often used)
French: briseur d'affaire
Russian: последняя капля (ru) (poslednjaja kaplja), камень преткновения (ru) (kamenʹ pretknovenija), причина расставания (pričina rasstavanija)

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