English-Spanish translations for recession

• recesión
  Nos encontramos, qué duda cabe, en una recesión. We are, admittedly, in a recession.
  Un año después, Grecia entró de lleno en recesión. A year later, Greece plunged into recession.
  Es necesario trabajar duro tras un periodo de recesión. It is necessary to work hard following a recession.

Definition of recession

• The act or an instance of receding or withdrawing
• A period of reduced economic activity
• The ceremonial filing out of clergy and/or choir at the end of a church service

Synonyms

• withdrawal
• return
• procession

Examples

• Statisticians often define a recession as negative real GDP growth during two consecutive quarters.

Related words

• precession
• recessional
• recessionista
• antirecession
• recession discharge
• Great Recession
• double dip recession
• tail recession regime
• Larmor precession