depress
/dɪˈpres/ verb [T] ECONOMICSDefinition
› to reduce the level of something: They maintained that the smoking ban had depressed sales in all their bars. A slow housing market cuts demand and depresses prices for building materials.
› to reduce the amount of activity in something such as a business, country, or economy: Fear of unemployment has depressed the housing market.
(Definition of depress verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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