landing

landing
landing land‧ing [ˈlændɪŋ] noun [countable, uncountable]
1. when a plane lands:

• Takeoffs and landings at 40 airports will be restricted, the agency says.

2. TRANSPORT when goods are taken off an aircraft or boat and put onto land:

• Commercial landings of fish and shellfish along the southeast Atlantic coast have dropped 42% in the last ten years.

3. hard landing ECONOMICS when an economy slows down after a period of fast growth and goes into recession (= a period of time with no growth or negative growth):

• Governments will also have to use tightened monetary policies and fiscal restraint to avoid a hard landing for their economies.

4. soft landing ECONOMICS when an economy slows down after a period of fast growth but does not go into recession:

• The Fed attempted to manage an economic soft landing by gradually lowering interest rates.

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landing UK US /ˈlændɪŋ/ noun [C or U]
► TRANSPORT the act of an aircraft arriving on the ground, or of a boat reaching land: »

The plane made a safe landing on Lake Michigan beach.

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The pilot was cleared for an emergency landing after reporting smoke in the cockpit.

► TRANSPORT, COMMERCE the act of taking goods off an aircraft or boat, or the amounts that are taken off: »

His job is to supervise the loading and landing of goods at the quayside.

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Records of fish and shellfish landings must be submitted to the authorities that are monitoring fish stocks.

→ See also HARD LANDING(Cf. ↑hard landing), SOFT LANDING(Cf. ↑soft landing)

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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