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recession
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re·ces·sion 1  (r-sshn)
n.
1. The act of withdrawing or going back.
2. An extended decline in general business activity, typically two consecutive quarters of falling real gross national product.
3. The withdrawal in a line or file of participants in a ceremony, especially clerics and choir members after a church service.

[Latin recessi, recessin-, from recessus, past participle of recdere, to recede; see recede1.]

re·cession·ary adj.

re·ces·sion 2  (r-sshn)
n. Law
The act of restoring possession to a former owner.

recession1
n
1. (Economics) a temporary depression in economic activity or prosperity
2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) the withdrawal of the clergy and choir in procession from the chancel at the conclusion of a church service
3. the act of receding
4. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a part of a building, wall, etc., that recedes
[from Latin recessio; see recess]

recession2
n
the act of restoring possession to a former owner
[from re- + cession]

re•ces•sion (rɪˈsɛʃ ən)

n.
1. a period of economic decline when production, employment, and earnings fall below normal levels.
2. the act of receding or withdrawing.
3. a receding part of a wall, building, etc.
4. a withdrawing procession, as at the end of a religious service.
[1640–50; < Latin recessiō. See recess, -tion]
re•ces′sion•ar′y, adj.

Recession of economists—Lipton, 1970.
Thesaurus Legend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.recession - the state of the economy declinesrecession - the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year
economic condition - the condition of the economy
2.recession - a small concavity
pharyngeal recess - a small recess in the wall of the pharynx
concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature - a shape that curves or bends inward
3.recession - the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service
procession - the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation; "processions were forbidden"
4.recession - the act of ceding back
ceding, cession - the act of ceding
5.recession - the act of becoming more distant
withdrawal - the act of withdrawing; "the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam"

recession
noun depression, drop, decline, slump, downturn, slowdown, trough The recession caused sales to drop off.
boom, upturn
Quotations
"It's a recession when your neighbour loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours" [Harry S. Truman]
Translations
recession [rɪˈseʃən] N
1. (Econ) → recesión f
to be in recessionestar en recesión or retroceso
2. (frm) (= receding) → retroceso m

recession [rɪˈsɛʃən] n (ECONOMICS)récession f
to go into recession → entrer en récession
to be in recession → être en récession

recession
n
no pl (receding) → Zurückweichen f, → Rückgang m; (Eccl) → Auszug m
(Econ) → Rezession f, → (wirtschaftlicher) Rückgang

recession [rɪˈsɛʃn] n (Econ) → recessione f

recession (rəˈseʃən) noun
a temporary fall in a country's or the world's business activities.

recession انسحاب recese lavkonjunktur Rezession ύφεση recesión lamakausi récession recesija recessione 景気後退 불경기 recessie tilbakegang recesja recessão спад lågkonjunktur การตกต่ำทางเศษฐกิจ durgunluk tình trạng suy thoái 衰退
re·ces·sion
n.  recesión, retirada, retroceso patológico de tejidos tal como la retracción de la encía.


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