
recession ●●●●○



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re‧ces‧sion /rɪˈseʃən/ noun [uncountable and countable]
رکود
پس رفت، بازگشت، اعاده، کسادی، بحران اقتصادی، حقوقی: کسادی یا ورشکستگی نسبی و ملایم، روانشناسی: رکود اقتصادی، زیست شناسی: پس روی، بازرگانی: کسادی، رکود
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English Dictionaryre‧ces‧sion /rɪˈseʃ
ən/
noun [uncountable and countable] a difficult time when there is less trade, business activity etc in a country than usual:
the economic recession of the early 1980s
There is deep recession in the UK.into/out of recession
attempts to pull the country out of recession [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocationsrecession noun ADJ. bad, damaging, debilitating, deep, major, massive, painful, severe, sharp, steep It was the worst recession since the war.
mild | deepening | long, prolonged | short, short-lived | continuing | global, international, widespread, world, worldwide | economic, industrial, retail VERB + RECESSION cause | go into, move into, plunge (sth) into, sink into, slip into A rise in interest rates plunged Britain deeper into recession.
beat, combat | climb out of, come out of, emerge from, get (sth) out of, lead sth out of, move out of, pull (sth) out of active policies to pull the country out of recession
end | suffer from | escape (from) | ride out, survive As dozens of pubs go out of business, others are riding out the recession.
worsen RECESSION + VERB loom With a recession looming, consumers are spending less.
hit sth The country has been hit by recession.
bottom out (= reach the lowest level)
PREP. in (a/the) ~ The economy is in deep recession. PHRASES the depth of the recession, the effects/impact of the recession, in the depths of a recession, in times of recession, recovery from (the) recession, a way out of the recession ⇒ Special page at
BUSINESS [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲
Thesaurusrecession a period when a country’s economic growth stops and there is less trade:
The industry has cut jobs due to the recession.
fears that the economy may be sliding into recessiondepression a long period during which there is a bad recession, so that there is very little business activity and a lot of people do not have jobs:
During the depression of the 1930s, as many as 20% of the population were jobless.slump a fairly short period when there is a reduction in business and many people lose their jobs:
The slump in the housing market is making it difficult for people to sell their homes.slowdown a period when there is a reduction in business activity, that may be the start of a recession:
High prices could tip the slowdown in the US into a world recession.downturn a period during which there is a reduction in business activity and economic conditions become worse, when before the economy was growing:
Public spending may reduce the effects of the downturn.crash an occasion when the value of stocks and shares on a stock market falls suddenly and by a large amount, causing economic problems:
The Wall Street Crash of 1929 was disastrous for not only the American economy, but for the world economy. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲