recession
1a withdrawing procession, as at the end of a religious service.
Economics. a period of an economic contraction, sometimes limited in scope or duration.: Compare depression (def. 7).
Origin of recession
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How to use recession in a sentence
Stay-at-home stocks continue to dominate the wider markets rally as investors bet the digital economy will power the broader economy out of recession.
The year’s hottest e-commerce stock is up more than 1,500%. Its founder cashed out before the rally | Bernhard Warner | August 18, 2020 | FortuneIn 2008, China and India did not slip into a recession — their economic growth merely slowed.
Could the Recession Revive the Savings Gene in China and India? | Pallabi Munsi | August 16, 2020 | OzyWhen people hear “degrowth,” they think that sounds like a recession.
Women — who have been hit harder than men during this recession — did see some substantial gains this month.
Yes, Unemployment Fell. But The Recovery Seems To Be Slowing Down. | Neil Paine (neil.paine@fivethirtyeight.com) | August 7, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightLow-income women of color are also among the likeliest to have lost their jobs in the current recession.
How The Pandemic Could Force A Generation Of Mothers Out Of The Workforce | Neil Paine (neil.paine@fivethirtyeight.com) | July 27, 2020 | FiveThirtyEight
The state was in a deep recession as Duke galvanized a racial backlash.
The follow-up story is how those who survived both the competitive onslaught, as well as the recession, have adapted.
Following the pre-recession excess of T-Pain and Akon, hip-hop was in search of greater authenticity.
Future Makes Us Rethink Everything We Thought We Knew About Rap Artists | Luke Hopping | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAll of this contrasts markedly with pre-recession policies, especially what has come to be known as the “Beckham Law.”
During the recession net immigration to the U.S. from Mexico fell to zero or less.
Here the man broke off to assist in bringing the boat back from its recession with the current, at this point boisterously swift.
The Prince of India, Volume I | Lew. WallaceWhere strata rest on exposed softer beds, these are undermined from the front, and in this way recession is brought about.
The Romance of the Colorado River | Frederick S. DellenbaughThis was really on his part a recession from the extreme ground he had taken in the speech.
The Brothers' War | John Calvin ReedThe inlet, therefore, will not be much extended beyond its present limit by the recession of the glacier.
Travels in Alaska | John MuirAs he sat smoking, the recession came, the reaction from weeks of nervous tension.
The Great God Success | John Graham (David Graham Phillips)
British Dictionary definitions for recession (1 of 2)
/ (rɪˈsɛʃən) /
a temporary depression in economic activity or prosperity
the withdrawal of the clergy and choir in procession from the chancel at the conclusion of a church service
the act of receding
a part of a building, wall, etc, that recedes
Origin of recession
1British Dictionary definitions for recession (2 of 2)
/ (riːˈsɛʃən) /
the act of restoring possession to a former owner
Origin of recession
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for recession
A general business slump, less severe than a depression.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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