pain point
n.— «The falling dollar is a threat. We’ve reached the pain point.» —“The Dollar Is Casting A Widening Pall Over Europe” by Blanca Riemer et al. BusinessWeek (42) Feb. 8, 1988. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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