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slump
noun [C] /slʌmp/Definition
› a fall in the price, value, sales, etc. of something: There's been a slump in the demand for new cars.Value and price decreases › a period when an industry or the economy is in a bad state and there is a lot of unemployment: an economic slump The airline industry is currently in a slump.Economics and the state of the economy
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Synonyms and related words:
- bargain bin noun
- bargain noun (LOW PRICE)
- bearish adjective (FINANCE)
- cheapen verb (COST LESS)
- closeout noun
- cut-price adjective
- deduction noun (TAKING AWAY)
- deflate verb (MONEY)
- depreciate verb
- depreciation noun
- discount noun
- discount verb (REDUCE)
- downturn noun
- freeze verb (MONEY/PROPERTY)
- knock sb/sth down phrasal verb (REDUCE PRICE)
- knock sth off (sth) phrasal verb
- put sth down phrasal verb (REDUCE)
- roll sth back phrasal verb
- sliding scale noun
- slump verb (REDUCE SUDDENLY)
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