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bear market
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
bear market
(noun)
bear market
noun
plural
bear markets
bear market
noun
plural
bear markets
Britannica Dictionary definition of BEAR MARKET
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finance
:
a market (such as a stock market) in which prices are going down
—
compare
bull market
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