recession

Definition:
1. The state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year.
2. A small concavity.
3. The withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service.
4. The act of ceding back.
5. The act of becoming more distant.

Use 'recession' in a sentence:

• 1. We are in one of the most severe recessions in modern times.
• 2. The fall in inflation is the silver lining of the prolonged recession.
• 3. Small shops have been a casualty of the recession.
• 4. The economy is starting to climb out of recession.
• 5. The oil price increases sent Europe into deep recession.
• 6. There is no sign of a let-up in the recession.
• 7. We have a double whammy: inflation coupled with recession.
• 8. The effects of the recession are being felt everywhere.
• 9. The economy is precariously close to recession.
• 10. Politicians began to use the dreaded R-word: recession.
• 11. Children's wear is one area that is holding up well in the recession.
• 12. His troubles predated the recession.
• 13. We have allowed spending and borrowing to rise in this recession.
• 14. During the last recession, migration to the sunbelt accelerated.
• 15. The recession is taking its toll on the housing markets.
• 16. During the recession, training budgets were seen as an expendable luxury.
• 17. The country plunged deeper into recession.
• 18. The country was mired in recession.
• 19. The government is not wholly to blame for the recession.
• 20. During the recession thousands of small businesses went broke.
• 21. The economy is in recession.
• 22. The region is in a fearful recession.
• 23. The recession knocked on the head any idea of expanding the company.
• 24. New figures indicate the recession may be easing up.
• 25. One or two companies have managed to buck the trend of the recession.
• 26. Their catering business remained strong despite the recession.
• 27. Tax cuts will boost consumer confidence after the recession.
• 28. The United States is in a serious recession today.
• 29. The recession is definitely at an end.
• 30. The economy is in deep recession.
• 31. This development could push the country into recession.
• 32. We're over the worst of the recession.
• 33. The country had come through the worst of the recession.
• 34. The south of the country has been cushioned from the worst effects of the recession.
• 35. The recession remains deeply entrenched.
• 36. Despite the recession the company is confident of further expansion.
• 37. The company just managed to weather the recession.
• 38. The company has weathered the recession.
• 39. The business is still in crisis but it has survived the worst of the recession.
• 40. The recession is beginning to bite.
• 41. Businesses are beginning to feel the full impact of the recession.
• 42. People don't realize how serious this recession has actually been.
• 43. Several banks failed during the recession.
• 44. Many jobs in manufacturing were lost during the recession.
• 45. The country has been badly affected by recession.
• 46. The recession has depressed the housing market.
• 47. The recent deterioration has been caused by an apparently endless recession.