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business cycle

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A cycle of economic activity typically characterized by recession, recovery, growth, and decline.

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  • noun economics A long-term fluctuation in economic activity between growth and recession

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  • noun recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline

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synonyms (25)

Words with the same meaning

  1. boom
  2. bottoming out
  3. business fluctuations
  4. bust
  5. cooling off
  6. crisis
  7. depression
  8. downturn
  9. economic cycle
  10. economic expansion
  11. economic growth
  12. expanding economy
  13. expansion
  14. growth
  15. high growth rate
  16. low
  17. market expansion
  18. peak
  19. peaking
  20. prosperity
  21. recession
  22. recovery
  23. slowdown
  24. slump
  25. upturn

hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. fluctuation
  2. variation

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