deal breaker

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deal breaker

noun deal breakers · deal-breaker · dealbreaker

  1. An issue which causes a relationship or proposal, especially in business, to fail. Near-synonyms: nonnegotiable (noun), prerequisite (noun), sine qua non

    Similar: nonnegotiable, prerequisite, sine qua non · Opposite: dealmaker

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

Españolmotivo de ruptura, factor innegociable / decisivo
中文對方不會同意的條件 /对方不会同意的条件 duìfāng bù huì tóngyì de tiáojiàn
DeutschDealbreaker
Русскийкамень преткновения kamenʹ pretknovenija, причина расставания pričina rasstavanija

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@misc{deal_breaker_2026,
  title = {deal breaker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/deal%20breaker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}