financial meltdown

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• meltdown — melt‧down [ˈmeltdaʊn] noun [singular] ECONOMICS a situation in which prices fall by a very large amount or an industry or economy becomes much weaker: • A near meltdown in overseas stock markets sent U.S. prices plunging for the third consecutive …   Financial and business terms

• meltdown — [[t]me̱ltdaʊn[/t]] meltdowns 1) N VAR If there is meltdown in a nuclear reactor, the fuel rods start melting because of a failure in the system, and radiation starts to escape. Scientists warned that emergency cooling systems could fail and a… …   English dictionary

• Financial crisis — For the 2008–2010 crisis, see Subprime mortgage crisis , Late 2000s financial crisis and Late 2000s recession. Economics …   Wikipedia

• meltdown — UK [ˈmeltˌdaʊn] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms meltdown : singular meltdown plural meltdowns 1) physics an accident in a nuclear reactor in which the temperature increases in the nuclear fuel until it melts and bursts through its… …   English dictionary

• meltdown — melt|down [ˈmeltdaun] n [U and C] 1.) a very dangerous situation in which the material inside a ↑nuclear reactor melts and burns through its container, allowing ↑radioactivity to escape 2.) a situation in which prices fall by a very large amount… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• meltdown — melt|down [ melt,daun ] noun count or uncount 1. ) an accident in a NUCLEAR REACTOR in which the temperature increases in the nuclear fuel until it melts through its container and RADIATION escapes 2. ) a sudden and complete failure of a company …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• meltdown — [ˈmeltˌdaʊn] noun [C/U] 1) a sudden complete failure of a company, organization, or system a global financial meltdown[/ex] 2) an accident in which nuclear fuel melts through its container …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Meltdown — is a term generally referring to a nuclear meltdown or the melting of a nuclear reactor core as a result of a serious nuclear accident. The term has also been borrowed to describe the following: The Subprime mortgage crisis A tantrum Meltdown… …   Wikipedia

• Meltdown Monday — is a term used by some financial news outlets to describe Mondays with large losses in financial markets.[1][2][3][4][5] In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the term was used most often in reference to October 19, 1987, which later became known as …   Wikipedia

• Meltdown (book) — Be aware that there are other books with this title including other books on the same topic. For other works of this name, see Meltdown. Meltdown is a 2009 book on the global financial crisis of 2007–2010 by historian Thomas Woods, with a… …   Wikipedia

• Global financial crisis of September–October 2008 — The global financial crisis of September–October 2008 is a developing financial crisis which emerged the week of September 14, 2008. Beginning with failures of large financial institutions in the United States, it rapidly evolved into a global… …   Wikipedia