downturn

(doun'tûrn')
n.
A tendency downward, especially in business or economic activity.

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Shift of an economic or stock market cycle from rising to falling. The economy is in a downturn when it moves from expansion to recession , and the stock market is in a downturn when it changes from a bull market to a bear market.

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noun

A usually swift downward trend, as in prices: decline, descent, dip, dive, downslide, downswing, downtrend, drop, drop-off, fall, nosedive, plunge, skid, slide, slump, tumble. See increase/decrease.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - nedgang, konjunkturnedgang
v. tr. - afvise

Nederlands (Dutch)
dalende conjunctuur, daling

Français (French)
n. - baisse
v. tr. - baisser, décliner

Deutsch (German)
n. - Baisse, Abschwung
v. - nach unten bewegen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ύφεση, υποχώρηση, πτώση

Italiano (Italian)
calo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - declínio (m) nos negócios

Русский (Russian)
падение, спад

Español (Spanish)
n. - declinación o descenso de la actividad económica, baja en el comercio, vuelta hacia abajo
v. tr. - declinar, descender

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - nedgång

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
低迷时期, 下降

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 低迷時期
v. tr. - 下降

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 하강, 불경기, 기울어짐
v. tr. - 침체 시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 下降, 沈滞

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) انخفاض في النشاط التجاري أو الاقتصادي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שקיעה בפעילות עסקית, ירידה‬
v. tr. - ‮התמעטה, דעכה (פעילות עסקית)‬

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