deal breaker

English

Alternative forms

• deal-breaker, dealbreaker

Pronunciation

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Noun

deal breaker (plural deal breakers)

1. 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.

   • 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^[1], →ISSN:

     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.

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 (nl) m
• Finnish: kynnyskysymys (fi) (not an exact equivalent; a verb phrase, such as with kelvata, is more often used)
• German: Dealbreaker m
• Polish: problem (pl) m
• Russian: камень преткновения (ru) (kamenʹ pretknovenija), причина расставания (pričina rasstavanija)

See also

• apple of discord
• bone of contention
• last straw
• passion killer
• showstopper
• stumbling block