great_depression has definitions from the fields of economics,finance
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[ noun ] (economics,finance) the economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s

Used in print

(Musical America, LXXXI:5...)

On that date the Musicians_Emergency_Fund , organized to furnish employment for musicians unable to obtain engagements during the depression and to provide relief for older musicians who lost their fortunes in the stock_market crash , observed its 30_th anniversary .

Related terms

depression

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