Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A tendency downward, especially in business or economic activity.
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- noun A
downward trend , or the beginnings of one; adecline .
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- noun a worsening of business or economic activity
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Examples
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NPD results for the last month, when they arrive, should be pretty telling; until now, we've only been able to speculate on whether the downturn is affecting game buying, but most analysts have said that the next round of NPD should show for sure.
Still Alive SVGL 2008
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NPD results for the last month, when they arrive, should be pretty telling; until now, we've only been able to speculate on whether the downturn is affecting game buying, but most analysts have said that the next round of NPD should show for sure.
Archive 2008-11-01 SVGL 2008
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Reading comments from employees on the change in corporate moral reads like a little more than a short term downturn or hiccup in the business.
unknown title 2011
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ISTANBUL — Turkey's rapid recovery from the global downturn is giving a new boost to the government's plan to turn Istanbul into an international financial center to rival Dubai or eventually even London, according to Ali Babacan, deputy prime minister for the economy.
Istanbul Woos Financiers Marc Champion 2010
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Google CEO Eric Schmidt, meeting with journalists in New York today, said that the economic downturn is ending.
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Another trend of the economic downturn, is that families in our neighborhood with young children are unable to carry out their plans to move to larger homes with more private yard space, because of the slump in the housing market.
Archive 2009-04-01 Linda 2009
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An economic downturn is 60-70% perception mostly uncertainty.
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Of course, the economic downturn is probably at least partly responsible for pushing online ad spend ahead of television spend now, but the long-term trend has been evident for some time (advertisers recognising that people are accessing more and more online content).
Time to switch from internet advertising to social media? « pwcom 2.0 2009
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They claim that the economic downturn is hitting the porn business and that federal assistance is needed to boost the nation's sex drive.
Porn industry bosses seek bail-out Not a sheep 2009
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The economic downturn is causing difficult budget problems for families, schools, businesses, governments and other organizations.
Kumar P. Barve (D)* Post 2010
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