| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Economic cycle | Economics | The regular rise and fall in trade. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Economic cycle | Finance | A predictable long-term pattern of alternating periods of economic growth and decline. The cycle passes through four stages: expansion, peak, contraction, and trough. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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