Great Depression

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  1. depression
    a sunken or lowered geological formation
  2. economic crisis
    a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
  3. recession
    the act of returning control
  4. economic condition
    the condition of the economy
  5. status
    the condition or someone or something at a particular time
  6. president
    the leader of a republic or democracy
  7. business executive
    an executive in a business corporation
  8. corporate executive
    an executive in a business corporation
  9. chief of state
    the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government
  10. economy
    the system of production and distribution and consumption
  11. thriftiness
    frugality in the expenditure of money or resources
  12. saving
    recovery or preservation from loss or danger
  13. foreclosure
    proceedings initiated to repossess the collateral for a loan
  14. legal proceeding
    (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
  15. dust bowl
    a region subject to dust storms
  16. job
    a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty
  17. business
    the principal activity in one's life to earn money
  18. business sector
    business concerns collectively
  19. banking
    engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and credit etc.
  20. money box
    a strongbox for holding cash
  21. savings bank
    a thrift institution in the northeastern United States
Created on Mon Sep 17 16:11:54 EDT 2012 (updated Thu Apr 02 10:50:10 EDT 2015)

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