slumpverb
uk/slʌmp/us/slʌmp/slump verb (REDUCE SUDDENLY)
[ I ] (of prices, values, or sales) to fall suddenly:
The value of property has slumped.
Car sales have slumped dramatically over the past year.
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Price decreases
- bargain bin
- bearish
- closeout
- concession
- cut-price
- deduction
- deflate
- depreciate
- depreciation
- discount
- downturn
- knock
- knock sb/sth down
- mark
- offer
- put
- put sth down 1
- roll
- roll sth back
- tumble
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slump verb (SIT/FALL)
[ I usually + adv/prep ] to sit or fall heavily and suddenly:
She slumped into the chair, exhausted.
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Not holding the body upright
- bent double
- bowed
- cower
- crouch
- double
- double (sb) up/over
- huddle
- huddled
- hunch
- loll
- lounge
- lounge around (sth)
- scrunch
- slouch
- slumped
- sprawl
- stoop
slumpnoun [ C ]
uk/slʌmp/us/slʌmp/a fall in the price, value, sales, etc. of something:
There's been a slump in the demand for new cars.
a period when an industry or the economy is in a bad state and there is a lot of unemployment:
an economic slump
The airline industry is currently in a slump.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Price decreases
- bargain bin
- bearish
- closeout
- concession
- cut-price
- deduction
- deflate
- depreciate
- depreciation
- discount
- downturn
- knock
- knock sb/sth down
- mark
- offer
- put
- put sth down 1
- roll
- roll sth back
- tumble
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