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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Recession \Re*ces"sion\, n. [Pref. re- + cession.] The act of ceding back; restoration; repeated cession; as, the recession of conquered territory to its former sovereign.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES economic recession (= a period during which a country or area has a lot of problems with its economy ) ▪ People are scared they will lose their homes if there is an economic recession. the depths of recession ▪ The country ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In economics, a recession is a negative economic growth for two consecutive quarters. It is also a business cycle contraction which results in a general slowdown in economic activity. Macroeconomic indicators such as GDP (gross domestic product), investment ...
Usage examples of recession.
As the long recession had bitten, years before, merchant ships from New Crobuzon had started returning to dock reporting piratical manoeuvres against them, sudden brigandry from unknown ships.
It may be due to colds, injuries, irritating diuretics, injections, extension of disease from the kidneys or adjacent organs, intemperance, severe horseback riding, recession of cutaneous affections, gout, rheumatism, etc.
One of the most remarkable features of the Triassic was the widespread emergence of continents and the subsequent recession of seas from the continents, as well as the extensive spread of nonmarine deposits, composed largely of redbeds.
Space formed for Worlds by the recession of the Primal Light, 747-750.
V Vacant space for Worlds formed by the recession of the Primal Light, 747-750.
Watergate, student unrest, shifting moral codes, the worst recession in a generation, and a number of other jarring cultural shocks have all combined to create a new climate of questions and doubt.
Although economists and oil experts caution that we cannot foresee all of the grievous ramifications of such an event, there is widespread agreement that it would cause a global recession probably on the scale of the Great Depression of the 1930s, if not worse.
Lady Cres swell was looking decidedly better--probably she had entered a period of recession which might last for weeks, if not months--the country around her was heavenly and it was going to be a lovely day, and over and above that, Charles had actually smiled at her!
McManis was actually one more middle-aged expendable cut adrift in another of the ruthless corporate downsizings familiar to recession America.
If such a disruption lasted long enough, it could spark economic recessions, including in the United States.
In addition, worldwide recession had been depressing hard-currency earnings of Algerian tourism and petroleum exports, which magnified the economic crisis and increased unemployment.
That September, Argentina was already on the cliff-edge of a deep recession.
Despite serious condition of patient on admission, the carcinoma responded to a treatment of drugs and went into recession.
Here, much more than in Bracebridge, there were also the unguided who had once been guilded – families and sometimes whole guilds which had been tossed down through the Easterlies by recession or misfortune.
After twenty runs through birth, the patient experienced a recession of all somatics and "unconsciousness" and aberrative content.