stock market crash

noun

A sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a significant cross-section of a stock market.

Meanings

nounstock market crash (plural stock market crashes)

plural stock market crashes

  1. businessA sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a significant cross-section of a stock market.

Translations

Catalan fallida borsària, crac borsari
  • fallida borsàriasudden dramatic decline of stock prices
  • crac borsarisudden dramatic decline of stock prices
Czech krach na burze, burzovní krach
  • krach na burzesudden dramatic decline of stock prices
  • burzovní krachsudden dramatic decline of stock prices
Dutch beurskrach
  • beurskrachsudden dramatic decline of stock prices
Finnish pörssiromahdus
  • pörssiromahdussudden dramatic decline of stock prices
French krach
  • krachsudden dramatic decline of stock prices
German Börsenkrach
  • Börsenkrachsudden dramatic decline of stock prices
Norwegian Bokmål børskrakk
  • børskrakksudden dramatic decline of stock prices
Polish krach giełdowy
  • krach giełdowysudden dramatic decline of stock prices
Russian биржево́й крах
  • биржево́й крах (birževój krax)sudden dramatic decline of stock prices
Spanish quiebra financiera
  • quiebra financierasudden dramatic decline of stock prices
Swedish börskrasch
  • börskraschsudden dramatic decline of stock prices
Ukrainian біржовий крах
  • біржовий крах (biržovyj krax)sudden dramatic decline of stock prices
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Chicago

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