stagnate

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But when property values began to stagnate, and people began to default on their loans, the banks could not get rid of the property.

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  1. intransitive verb To be or become stagnant.

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  • Without innovation and new delivery and billing methods the market for mobile services market in Ireland will begin to stagnate, a new IBEC-backed body warned today. —  Silicon Republic
  • Without it, Obama's trends on unemployment, consumer confidence, and economic recovery will stagnate -- and that isn't going to help anyone.
  • Internet-only banks stand to prosper while traditional branch traffic will stagnate, according to TowerGroup. —  Financial Technology Network
  • In the meantime the standard of living will stagnate, and in all likelihood decline. —  The Liberty Papers
  • But you'll be catching up with the unpaid part of the increase later when prices stagnate -- and even when they drop. —  Blog updates
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  1. Latin stāgnāre, stāgnāt-, from stāgnum, swamp.

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  1. from Latin stagnatus, past participle of stagnare (later Italian stagnare = French stagner), form a pool of standing water, stagnate, be overflowed, from stagnum, a pool, swamp. Cf. stank.
  2. from Latin stagnatus, past participle: see the verb.
 

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