Sentence rewriting: We have made neither a profit nor a loss this year.

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hello,
Please look at the exercise below.
Rewrite this sentence:(using suggested word)
1.We have made neither a profit nor a loss this year.(EVEN)
The answer is ‘‘We have broken even this year’’.But I don’t understand it very clearly because the meanings of the 2 sentences don’t seem to match each other And I don’t think ‘‘even’’ is a clear word that can help us to find out the answer because the second sentence ‘‘We have broken…’’ also sound quite good without ‘‘even’’
Please help me.
Many thanks.

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To break even = to make neither a profit nor a loss. It is an idiom.
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Thank you for your quick help !Will you please read and answer my other questions in this forum which lmake me very confused .
Thanks in advance!

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Here is link to my question:
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