slump

slump
A temporary fall in performance, often describing consistently falling security prices for several weeks or months. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary

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slump slump [slʌmp] noun [countable usually singular]
1. a sudden fall in the price, value, or number of something:
slump in

• There has been a slump in sales this month.

2. ECONOMICS a period of time when there is a big reduction in economic activity, forcing many companies to close and many people to lose their jobs:

• Savings were already extremely low at the beginning of the current slump.

— slump verb [intransitive] :

• Securities firms' profits have slumped in recent years.

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slump UK US /slʌmp/ noun [C]
► a sudden reduction in value, quantity, etc.: »

Small investors were badly hit by the stock market slump.

 slump in sth »

There has been a 23% slump in revenue.

► ECONOMICS a period of low economic activity: »

The company cut over 8000 jobs during the last economic slump.

 »

The government must take drastic measures to lift the country out of this slump

→ Compare DEPRESSION(Cf. ↑depression), RECESSION(Cf. ↑recession)
→ See Note RECESSION(Cf. ↑recession)
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slump UK US /slʌmp/ verb [I]
► to suddenly go down in value, quantity, etc.: »

The value of shares slumped by 80% over night.

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Sales slumped to an all-time low.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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Synonyms:
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