recession (noun)
1recession — ► NOUN ▪ a temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced. DERIVATIVES recessionary adjective …
2recession — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bad, deep, major, serious, severe, sharp, steep ▪ It was the worst recession since the war. ▪ …
3recession — (n.) temporary decline in economic activity, 1929, noun of action from RECESS (Cf. recess) (q.v.): The material prosperity of the United States is too firmly based, in our opinion, for a revival in industrial activity even if we have to face an… …
4recession — noun a) The act or an instance of receding Statisticians often define a recession as negative, real GDP growth during two consecutive quarters. b) A period of reduced economic activity Syn: withdrawal, return procession Ant: boom …
5recession — noun job losses are symptomatic of the recession Syn: economic decline, downturn, depression, slump, slowdown Ant: boom …
6recession — noun 1》 a period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced. 2》 chiefly Astronomy the action of receding. Derivatives recessionary adjective Origin C17: from L. recessio(n ), from recess , recedere (see… …
7recession — noun Syn: downturn, depression, slump, slowdown Ant: boom …
8recession — A temporary downturn in economic activity, usually indicated by two consecutive quarters of a falling GDP. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * recession re‧ces‧sion [rɪˈseʆn] noun [countable, uncountable] ECONOMICS a period of time when an… …
9recession */*/ — 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… …
10recession — re|ces|sion [ rı seʃn ] noun count or uncount ** a period when trade and industry are not successful and there is a lot of unemployment: The economy was in recession. the recession in the construction industry As the recession deepened, the group …
