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 Definitions of Recession  [ɪˈsɛʃ ən]  

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Definition of 'Recession' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) recession
a period of economic decline when production, employment, and earnings fall below normal levels.

2.  recession
the act of receding or withdrawing.

3.  recession
a receding part of a wall, building, etc.

4.  recession
a withdrawing procession, as at the end of a religious service.

Etymology:  (1640–50; < L recessiō. See recess , -tion)

Definition of 'Recession' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) recession
the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year

2. (noun) recess, recession, niche, corner
a small concavity

3. (noun) recession, recessional
the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service

4. (noun) recession, ceding back
the act of ceding back

5. (noun) receding, recession
the act of becoming more distant


Definition of 'Recession' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) recession
a period when economic activity is slow and many people do not have jobs
a country in recession; the recessions of the 1990s


Definition of 'Recession' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Recession
the act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand

2. (noun) Recession
the act of ceding back; restoration; repeated cession; as, the recession of conquered territory to its former sovereign


Translation of 'Recession' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a temporary fall in a country's or the world's business activities.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: resessie Arabic flag Arabic: تَراجُع، إنْحِسار Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: спад
Brazilian flag Brazilian: recessão Czech flag Czech: hospodářský pokles German flag German: die Rezession
Danish flag Danish: recession; lavkonjunktur Greek flag Greek: ύφεση, κάμψη Spanish flag Spanish: recesión
Estonian flag Estonian: langus Farsi flag Farsi: رکود؛ کسادی Finnish flag Finnish: taantuma
French flag French: récession Hebrew flag Hebrew: נְסִיגָה Hindi flag Hindi: मंदी
Croatian flag Croatian: recesija, kriza Hungarian flag Hungarian: (gazdasági) pangás Indonesian flag Indonesian: resesi
Icelandic flag Icelandic: efnahagsleg lægð, samdrát Italian flag Italian: recessione Japanese flag Japanese: 景気後退
Korean flag Korean: 경기 후퇴 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nuosmukis Latvian flag Latvian: lejupslīde (ekonomikā)
Malay flag Malay: kemelesetan ekonomi Dutch flag Dutch: recessie Norwegian flag Norwegian: lavkonjunktur, nedgang
Polish flag Polish: recepcja Persian flag Persian: رکود؛ کسادی Pashto flag Pashto: پريښودنه، تركول، شانه اچو
Portuguese flag Portuguese: recessão Romanian flag Romanian: recesiune Russian flag Russian: спад
Slovak flag Slovak: hospodársky pokles Slovenian flag Slovenian: recesija Serbian flag Serbian: recesija
Swedish flag Swedish: konjunktursvacka, lågkonj Thai flag Thai: การตกต่ำทางเศรษฐกิจ Turkish flag Turkish: durgunluk
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 衰退,不景氣 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: спад Urdu flag Urdu: معاشی حالت یا سرگرمیوں می
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tình trạng suy thoái Chinese flag Chinese: 衰退,不景气

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