deep recession

  • 1deep — UK US /diːp/ adjective [usually before noun] ► very large or serious: »Employees were forced to accept deep cuts in pay and benefits. »a deep recession. »These deep discounts will be a major factor in stimulating local telephone competition in… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 2recession — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bad, deep, major, serious, severe, sharp, steep ▪ It was the worst recession since the war. ▪ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 3recession — 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… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 4deep — deep1 W1S2 [di:p] adj comparative deeper superlative deepest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(going far down)¦ 2¦(going far in)¦ 3¦(serious)¦ 4¦(breath)¦ 5¦(feeling/belief)¦ 6¦(sound)¦ 7¦(colour)¦ 8¦(difficult …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 5recession — 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

  • 6recession — [[t]rɪse̱ʃ(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦ recessions N VAR A recession is a period when the economy of a country is doing badly, for example because industry is producing less and more people are becoming unemployed. The recession caused sales to drop off... We… …

    English dictionary

  • 7Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas — A skater along Main Street in Deep Ellum Deep Ellum (a corruption of deep Elm Street ) is an arts and entertainment district near downtown in east Dallas, Texas (USA). It lies directly east of the elevated I 45/US 75 (u …

    Wikipedia

  • 8deep — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} adj. 1 a long way from top to bottom/front to back VERBS ▪ be, look ▪ The water looks very deep there. ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 9recession n — I m a walking economy, a man was overheard to say. My hairline s in recession, my waist is a victim of inflation, and together they re putting me in a deep depression …

    English expressions

  • 10Early 1980s recession — The early 1980s recession was a severe recession in the United States which began in July 1981 and ended in November 1982.Krugman, Did the Federal Reserve Cause the Recession? , New York Times, April 1, 1991; National Bureau of Economic Research …

    Wikipedia