Betekenis van slump In het Nederlands

• 0 (of prices, values, or sales) to fall suddenly:

  • The value of property has slumped.

  • Car sales have slumped dramatically over the past year.

• 1 to sit or fall heavily and suddenly:

  • She slumped into the chair, exhausted.

• 2 a fall in the price, value, sales, etc. of something:

  • There's been a slump in the demand for new cars.

  • an economic slump

  • The airline industry is currently in a slump.

• 3 a dish consisting of cooked fruit with a thick bread-like mixture on top, cooked in a flat saucepan on top of the cooker :

  • Slump is sweetened fruit topped with dollops of dough and cooked on the stovetop.

  • a recipe for a peach slump

• 4 to fall heavily and suddenly:

  • She slumped to the floor in a faint.

• 5 to stand or sit bent over, with the head and shoulders forward; slouch:

  • The old man slumped in his chair, asleep.

  • We both slumped against the wall.

• 6 to fall suddenly in price, amount, or value:

  • Home computer sales slumped dramatically last year.

• 7 a sudden fall in prices, amount, or value, or a period of time when something is in a bad state:

  • a slump in the economy

  • The team is in a slump this year.

• 8 a sudden reduction in value, quantity, etc.:

  • Small investors were badly hit by the stock market slump.

  • slump in sth There has been a 23% slump in revenue.

• 9 a period of low economic activity:

  • The company cut over 8000 jobs during the last economic slump.

  • The government must take drastic measures to lift the country out of this slump

• 10 to suddenly go down in value, quantity, etc.:

  • The value of shares slumped by 80% over night.

  • Sales slumped to an all-time low.