"deal breaker" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-deal breaker.ogg [Australia] Forms: deal breakers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} deal breaker (plural deal breakers)
  1. An issue which causes a relationship (especially in business) to fail. Synonyms: deal-breaker, dealbreaker Derived forms: deal-breakery Related terms: apple of discord, bone of contention, last straw, passion killer, showstopper, stumbling block Translations (an issue which causes a relationship (especially in business) to fail): 對方不會同意的條件 (Chinese Mandarin), 对方不会同意的条件 (duìfāng bù huì tóngyì de tiáojiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), dealbreaker [masculine] (Dutch), kynnyskysymys (note: not an exact equivalent; a verb phrase, such as with kelvata, is more often used) (Finnish), Dealbreaker [masculine] (German), problem [masculine] (Polish), камень преткновения (kamenʹ pretknovenija) (Russian), причина расставания (pričina rasstavanija) (Russian)
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