"bear market" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bear markets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bear market (plural bear markets)
  1. (finance) A stock market where a majority of investors are selling ("bears"), causing overall stock prices to drop. Categories (topical): Finance Translations (state of stock market): 熊市 (xióngshì) (Chinese Mandarin), medvědí trh [masculine] (Czech), berenmarkt [feminine] (Dutch), laskusuhdanne (Finnish), laskumarkkina (Finnish), dumbungsmarkaður [masculine] (Icelandic), svartsýnismarkaður [masculine] (Icelandic), béarmhargadh [masculine] (Irish), аю нарығы (aü naryğy) (Kazakh), bessa [feminine] (Polish), медве́жий ры́нок (medvéžij rýnok) [masculine] (Russian), mercado bajista (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-bear_market-en-noun-VWr1~-vJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Topics: business, finance Disambiguation of 'state of stock market': 96 4
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bear, market.
    Sense id: en-bear_market-en-noun-u-Vnn5Up

Inflected forms

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