deal breaker en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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An issue which causes a relationship or proposal, especially in business, to fail.
For Rosie, Carl’s attitude isn’t a deal breaker—not even close. It’s just a product of the bizarre wealth imbalances that the housing market is creating among young people.
2023 July 22, Barbara Speed, “‘We could soon see a Jane Austen-style marriage market’: how the housing crisis is turning modern dating on its head”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:Sometimes the process of digging uncovered a deal breaker.
2004, Mark A. Williams, Your Identity Zones: Who Am I? Who Are You? How Do We Get Along?, page 294:Near-synonyms: nonnegotiable (noun), prerequisite (noun), sine qua non
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| deal-breaker | alternative | lexicographic | |
| dealbreaker | alternative | lexicographic | |
| deal breakers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
Relateds
apple of discord · showstopper · passion killer · stumbling block · last straw · bone of contention
Synonyms
nonnegotiable · prerequisite · sine qua non
Translations (9)
ru причина расставания (an issue which causes a relationship (especially in business) to fail) · ru камень преткновения (an issue which causes a relationship (especially in business) to fail) · es factor innegociable / decisivo (an issue which causes a relationship (especially in business) to fail) · es motivo de ruptura (an issue which causes a relationship (especially in business) to fail) · cmn 對方不會同意的條件 /对方不会同意的条件 (an issue which causes a relationship (especially in business) to fail) · pl problem (an issue which causes a relationship (especially in business) to fail) · fi kynnyskysymys (an issue which causes a relationship (especially in business) to fail) · de Dealbreaker (an issue which causes a relationship (especially in business) to fail) · nl dealbreaker (an issue which causes a relationship (especially in business) to fail)