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recession

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recession
noun
the country is in the depths of a recession:
economic decline, downturn, depression, slump, slowdown, trough, credit crunch, credit squeeze;
stagnation, stagflation;
hard times;
informal bust.
antonyms boom, upturn.
recession Oxford Dictionary of English