deal breaker

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

deal breaker (plural deal breakers)

1. (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.

Translations

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

• Russian: последняя капля (ru) (poslednjaja kaplja), камень преткновения (ru) (kamenʹ pretknovenija), причина расставания (pričina rasstavanija)
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See also

• last straw
• showstopper