slump

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The main reason for the slump was a dramatic fall in sales, which were down by almost a third.

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  1. intransitive verb To fall or sink heavily; collapse: She slumped, exhausted, onto the sofa.
  2. intransitive verb To droop, as in sitting or standing; slouch.
  3. intransitive verb To decline suddenly; fall off: Business slumped after the holidays.
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  • Hurt by the slump, a silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver Artemis shrines, gathered a group of other artisans who had lost business. —  Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories
  • Columbus coach Ken Hitchcock thought the Blues 'determination to bust their slump was a bigger factor than special teams. —  Blues Top Stories
  • Lamoriello said Sutter's insistence on taking the blame for the slump is just an example of his character and his deep concern for the team.
  • One measure of the mounting social impact of the slump is a recent government report that 32.2 million people, or one in ten US residents, are now receiving food stamps.
  • For many euro zone members, the slump is the biggest since the 1930s Great Depression and the situation has grown worse now that many formerly dynamic economies in eastern Europe are also in dire straits —  RTÉ News
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downturn ·  recession ·  fluctuations ·  bronco ·  cataclysm ·  collapse ·  decline ·  deflation ·  setback ·  inflation

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slump:   slumped ·  slumping ·  slumps
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  1. Probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian slumpa, to slump.

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  1. Cf. Danish slumpe, stumble upon by chance, German schlumpen, trail, draggle, = Danish Swedish slump, chance, hap; cf. German schlump, haste, hap; perhaps in part confused with forms cognate with slip (Anglo-Saxon slūpan, etc.) or plump. Cf. slump.
  2. from slump, v. But the noun in sense 1 may be partly of independent origin; cf. slum.
  3. = Danish slump, a lot, quantity, = Swedish slump, a lump, residue, = Dutch slomp, a heap, mass; prob. in part from slump, but perhaps influenced by lump.
  4. from slump, n.
 

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