recession

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.

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

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re·cession·ary adj.

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re·ces·sion ²  (r-sshn)

n. Law

The act of restoring possession to a former owner.

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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]

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recession²

n

the act of restoring possession to a former owner

[from re- + cession]

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Recession of economists—Lipton, 1970.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	recession - 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 niche, recess, corner 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 recessional 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 back ceding, cession - the act of ceding
	5.	recession - the act of becoming more distant receding withdrawal - the act of withdrawing; "the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam"

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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 recession → estar en recesión or retroceso

2. (frm) (= receding) → retroceso m

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

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recession

n

no pl (receding) → Zurückweichen f, → Rückgang m; (Eccl) → Auszug m

(Econ) → Rezession f, → (wirtschaftlicher) Rückgang

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recession [rɪˈsɛʃ/ən] n (Econ) → recessione f

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recession [rɪˈsɛʃ/ən] n (Econ) → recessione f

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recession

n recession [rəˈseʃən]

a temporary fall in a country's or the world's business activities. resessie تَراجُع، إنْحِسار спад hospodářský pokles recession; lavkonjunktur die Rezession ύφεση, κάμψη recesión langus رکود؛ کسادی taantuma récession נְסִיגָה मंदी recesija, kriza (gazdasági) pangás resesi efnahagsleg lægð, samdráttur recessione 景気後退 경기 후퇴 nuosmukis lejupslīde (ekonomikā) kemelesetan ekonomi recessie lavkonjunktur, nedgang recepcja recessão recesiune спад hospodársky pokles recesija recesija konjunktursvacka, lågkonjunktur, recession การตกต่ำทางเศรษฐกิจ durgunluk 衰退，不景氣 спад معاشی حالت یا سرگرمیوں میں عارضی گراوٹ tình trạng suy thoái 衰退，不景气

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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