(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If something such as the value of something ~s, it falls suddenly and by a large amount.
Net profits ~ed by 41%...
Government popularity in Scotland has ~ed to its lowest level since the 1970s.
VERB: V prep, V prep, also V
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Slump is also a noun.
...a ~ in property prices.
N-COUNT: oft N in n
2.
A ~ is a time when many people in a country are unemployed and poor.
...the ~ of the early 1980s.
= recession
N-COUNT
3.
If you ~ somewhere, you fall or sit down there heavily, for example because you are very tired or you feel ill.
She ~ed into a chair...
He saw the driver ~ed over the wheel.
VERB: V prep/adv, V-ed