downturn
1downturn — index decline, decrease Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2downturn — 1926 in the economic sense, from DOWN (Cf. down) (adv.) + TURN (Cf. turn) (n.) …
3downturn — [n] drop decline, descent, deterioration, dip, downtick, fall, plunge, retreat, sinking, slide, slump; concepts 336,346,738 …
4downturn — ► NOUN ▪ a decline in economic or other activity …
5downturn — [doun′tʉrn΄] n. a downward trend, as in business activity …
6downturn — The transition point between a rising, expanding economy to a falling, contracting one. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * downturn down‧turn [ˈdaʊntɜːn ǁ tɜːrn] noun [countable, uncountable] ECONOMICS COMMERCE the part of the economic cycle… …
7downturn — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ serious, severe, sharp, significant ▪ mild, slight ▪ economic, market ▪ …
8downturn — UK [ˈdaʊnˌtɜː(r)n] / US [ˈdaʊnˌtɜrn] noun [countable] Word forms downturn : singular downturn plural downturns economics a reduction in economic or business activity a severe economic downturn downturn in: There has been a sharp downturn in… …
9downturn — down|turn [ˈdauntə:n US tə:rn] n [C usually singular] a period or process in which business activity, production etc is reduced and conditions become worse ≠ ↑upturn ▪ America s current economic downturn downturn in ▪ a downturn in the auto… …
10downturn — down|turn [ daun,tɜrn ] noun count a reduction in economic or business activity: a severe economic downturn downturn in: a sharp downturn in demand …
