Look up: recession

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   Recession
   (1) A continuing landward movement of the shoreline. (2) A net landward movement of the shoreline over a specified time.
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   Recession
   A period of negative economic growth at the trough of the trade cycle. A recession is usually defined as two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth.
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   recession
   [Noun] Plural form: recessions. A recession happens when there is suddenly less trade or wealth in a country. It usually results in a lot of people losing their jobs.
   Example: When the recession hit the factory had to close.
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   recession
   [n] - the state of the economy declines 2. [n] - the act of ceding back
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   Recession
   A period of negative economic growth at the trough of the trade cycle. A recession is usually defined as two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth.
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   Recession
   A decrease in economic activity (usually measured in terms of Gross National Product or GNP) for... <a target=_blank href='http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/recession.htm?id=1218&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false' title='Read full definition of recession'>more</a>
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   Recession
   A sustained but short term decline in the size of the economy....more on Recession
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   recession
   In economics, a fall in business activity lasting more than a few months, causing stagnation in a country's output. A serious recession is called a slump. ...
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   recession
   A period of general economic decline. Specifically, a decline in gross domestic product (GDP) for two or more consecutive quarters
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    recession
    a fall in trade or in the economy of a country Category: Economics • oceanography:cf.:ebb Category: Management in the public and private sector • the falling limb of a hydrograph after a flood event representing the withdrawal of water from storage in the valley,stream channel and the sub-surface runoff Category: The cosmos
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    Recession
    Re·ces'sion (re*sĕsh'ŭn) noun [ Latin recessio , from recedere , recessum . See Recede .] The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand. South. « Mercy may rejoice upon the recessions of justice.» Jer. Taylor.
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    Recession
    Re·ces'sion noun [ Prefix re- + cession .] The act of ceding back; restoration; repeated cession; as, the recession of conquered territory to its former sovereign.
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    recession
    A withdrawal or retreating. ... See: retraction. ... Origin: L. Recessio (see recessus) ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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    recession
    recessional noun the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service
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    recession
    noun the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year
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    recession
    noun the act of ceding back
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    Recession
    ` In macroeconomics, a `recession` is a decline in any country's gross domestic product (GDP), or negative real economic growth, for two or more successive quarters of a year. However, in the United States the official designation of recessions is done by the business-cycle dating committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research (Feldstein, 2007). The American National Bureau of Economic Research defines a recession more ambiguously as `a si...
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    recession
    A recession is defined to be a period of two quarters of negative GDP growth. Thus: a recession is a national or world event, by definition. And statistical aberrations or one-time events can almost never create a recession; e.g. if there were to be movement of economic activity (measured or real) around Jan 1, 2000, it could create the appearance ...
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    recession
    (re-sesh´әn) the drawing away of a tissue or part from its normal position. gingival recession the drawing back of the gingivae from the necks of the teeth, with exposure of root surfaces.
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    Recession
    • (n.) The act of ceding back; restoration; repeated cession; as, the recession of conquered territory to its former sovereign. • (n.) The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand.
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    recession
    in economics, a downward trend in the business cycle characterized by a decline in production and employment, which in turn causes the incomes and ... [10 related articles]
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    recession
    A withdrawal or retreating. See Also: retraction [L. recessio (see recessus)]
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    Recession
    A temporary downturn in economic activity, usually indicated by two consecutive quarters of a falling GDP. The official NBER definition of recession (which is used to date U.S. recessions) is: A recession is a significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months, normally visible in real GDP, real incom...
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    Recession
    A significant decline in economic activity. In the U.S., recession is approximately defined as two successive quarters of falling GDP, as judged by NBER. A recession in one country may be caused by, or may itself cause, recession in another country with which it trades.
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    Recession
    A downturn in economic activity, broadly defined by many economists as at least two consecutive quarters of decline in a nation's gross domestic product (GDP)
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