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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recession

Noun

1. a period of economic difficulty when little is being bought or sold

2. the act of receding

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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 << OPPOSITE boom

Translations

recession [rɪˈsɛʃən] n → recesión f; depresión f

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recession [rɪˈsɛʃən] n (Econ) → récession f

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recession [rɪˈsɛʃən] n (Econ) → Rezession f

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recession [rɪˈsɛʃən] 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 lama récession נְסִיגָה मंदी recesija, kriza (gazdasági) pangás resesi efnahagsleg lægð, samdráttur recessione 景気後退 일시적 불경기 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