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bear market

noun

finance : a market (such as a stock market) in which prices are going down

Full Definition of BEAR MARKET

: a market in which securities or commodities are persistently declining in value — compare bull market

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Origin of BEAR MARKET

¹bear (one that sells in expectation of a price decline)

First Known Use: 1858

Rhymes with BEAR MARKET

black market, bull market, down-market, flea market, free market, gray market, mass-market, meat market, newmarket, stock market, test-market, third market, upmarket

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