the break given in the middle of the day to elementary school children. usually a time when children play on a playscape or just generally run around and have fun.
by freakbutt July 1, 2006
Get the recessmug. Ronald Reagan: Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his.
by LexAveNYC May 2, 2009
Get the recessionmug. recession
by vreno January 20, 2010
Get the recessionmug. Recession is the decline in a country's gross domestic product (GDP), or negative real economic growth, for two or more successive quarters of a year. The term recession, however, has been utilized in recent decades by politicians to distort the economic outlook and reframe in more positive terms rather than have to address the looming economic depression.
Ralph: Dude, the feds just lowered interest rates and backed a takeover of a large investment bank after acknowledging that we might be in a recession.
Ted: This recession's been going on since Bush took over. How long until we call it an economic depression?
Ted: This recession's been going on since Bush took over. How long until we call it an economic depression?
by Kate Sjostrand March 21, 2008
Get the recessionmug. 1. when you quit a hobby for an extended period of time
2. when you lose interest in a project or procrastinate to avoid finishing it
2. when you lose interest in a project or procrastinate to avoid finishing it
by Low01silveradO June 19, 2016
Get the at recessmug. by Amper&sand February 7, 2009
Get the Recessionmug. 1) the term that people use for a depression when they are trying to avoid the fact that it actually is a depression
2) when the economy sucks relly bad and you can't find a job because old people are working
2) when the economy sucks relly bad and you can't find a job because old people are working
by The Friendly Yellow Letters March 21, 2009
Get the recessionmug.