boom-bust

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Noun[edit]

boom-bust (plural boom-busts)

  1. Contraction of boom-and-bust.
    • 2004, Richard C. K. Burdekin, Pierre L. Siklos, editors, Deflation: Current and Historical Perspectives, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 145:
      Only three countries had boom–busts in both stock prices and property prices, Finland, Italy, and Japan.
    • 2023 April 11, Kurtis Lee, quoting Gavin Newsom, “California Economy Is on Edge After Tech Layoffs and Studio Cutbacks”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
      That sums up California’s tax structure. It sums up the boom-bust.

Adjective[edit]

boom-bust (comparative more boom-bust, superlative most boom-bust)

  1. Contraction of boom-and-bust.
    boom-bust cycle