retreat

▪ I. retreat re‧treat ¹ [rɪˈtriːt] verb [intransitive]

1. JOURNALISM FINANCE if shares etc retreat, their value falls to a lower level:

• In Frankfurt, share prices retreated as the market consolidated recent gains.

• The Dow Jones Industrial Average retreated 10.07 points to 11,199.46.

2. to decide not to continue with a plan, idea, agreement etc because it is too difficult or no longer worth doing:

• Japanese buyers have retreated after paying huge prices for U.S. properties in the past.

retreat from

• Last week it became the latest corporate raider to retreat from a takeover contest.

  [m0] ▪ II. retreat retreat ² noun

1. [singular, uncountable] JOURNALISM FINANCE a situation in which the value of shares etc falls to a lower level:

• The stock market retreat came just as crop prices were starting to recover.

2. in retreat COMMERCE if a company, industry, market etc is in retreat, its performance is less good than before:

• With the Tokyo stockmarket in retreat, the central bank is likely to be even more cautious about agreeing corporate loans.

3. [singular, uncountable] when someone decides not to carry out a plan, idea, agreement etc because it is too difficult or no longer worth doing:

retreat from

• The decision to return the company to profitability marks a retreat from its fast-growth strategy.

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retreat UK US /rɪˈtriːt/ verb [I]

► FINANCE, STOCK MARKET to become lower in value or amount, especially after getting higher: »

Wheat prices retreated after a two-day increase.

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By the end of business, the dollar had retreated by a full percentage point against the euro.

retreat to sth »

Share prices retreated 28p to 721p.

retreat from sth »

Other high-tech stocks retreated from strong gains earlier in the week.

► to stop doing something, because it causes too many problems: retreat from sth »

The company retreated from the US market in the late 1990s.

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retreat UK US /rɪˈtriːt/ noun [S or U]

► FINANCE, STOCK MARKET a fall in the price, amount, etc. of something, especially after having been high: a retreat from sth »

Over the past few weeks we have seen the currency's big retreat from its historic high.

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The FTSE 100 was also in retreat as London traders responded to falls on Wall Street.

► a decision not to do something you had planned to do, because it causes too many problems