recession

  • 11recession — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bad, deep, major, serious, severe, sharp, steep ▪ It was the worst recession since the war. ▪ …

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  • 12recession — A temporary downturn in economic activity, usually indicated by two consecutive quarters of a falling GDP. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * recession re‧ces‧sion [rɪˈseʆn] noun [countable, uncountable] ECONOMICS a period of time when an… …

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  • 13recession — 01. Business analysts fear that the sudden rise in oil prices may spark a [recession] if prices are not brought under control. 02. The children played soccer with the teachers at [recess] today. 03. The court will [recess] for one hour. 04.… …

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  • 14Recession — A significant decline in activity across the economy, lasting longer than a few months. It is visible in industrial production, employment, real income and wholesale retail trade. The technical indicator of a recession is two consecutive quarters …

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  • 15Récession — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Récession », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Récession peut faire référence à: Récession… …

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  • 16recession — n. 1) a business, economic recession 2) (misc.) to come out of a recession; to go into a recession * * * [rɪ seʃ(ə)n] economic recession to go into a recession (misc.) to come out of a recession a business …

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  • 17Recession — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Motion from. < N PARAG:Recession >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 recession recession retirement withdrawal Sgm: N 1 retreat retreat Sgm: N 1 retrocession retrocession &c. 283 Sgm: N 1 departure departure …

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  • 18recession */*/ — UK [rɪˈseʃ(ə)n] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms recession : singular recession plural recessions economics a period when trade and industry are not successful and there is a lot of unemployment the recession in the building industry… …

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  • 19recession — recession1 /ri sesh euhn/, n. 1. the act of receding or withdrawing. 2. a receding part of a wall, building, etc. 3. a withdrawing procession, as at the end of a religious service. 4. Econ. a period of an economic contraction, sometimes limited… …

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  • 20recession — re|ces|sion W3S2 [rıˈseʃən] n [U and C] a difficult time when there is less trade, business activity etc in a country than usual ▪ the economic recession of the early 1980s ▪ There is deep recession in the UK. into/out of recession ▪ attempts to… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English