gauge of gloom, The R-word index

recess
n.

1. 1. A temporary cessation of the customary activities of an engagement, occupation, or pursuit.
   2. The period of such cessation. See synonyms at pause.
2. A remote, secret, or secluded place. Often used in the plural.
3. 1. An indentation or small hollow.
   2. An alcove.

v., -cessed, -cess·ing, -cess·es. v.tr.

1. To place in a recess.
2. To create or fashion a recess in: recessed a portion of the wall.
3. To suspend for a recess: The committee chair recessed the hearings.

v.intr.
To take a recess: The investigators recessed for lunch.

[Latin recessus, retreat, from past participle of recēdere, to recede. See recede¹.]

[名]（複 〜・es）

1 [U][C]休み；休憩, 休廷, 休会, 休校；（法廷・議会などの）休会［休廷］期間；((米))（学校の）休憩時間（((英))break）

a spring recess
春休み

an hour's recess for lunch
一時間の昼休み

at recess
休憩時間に

during the noon recess
昼休み中に

be in recess
休暇［休会, 休廷］中である

take a ［go into］ recess
休む；休会する.

2 （海岸・山岳などの）凹(おう)部, 引っ込んでいる部分, （部屋などの）凹所, 床の間；《解剖学》空洞, 凹所

a recess under the staircase
階段の下の空所.

3 ((〜es))奥深い所, 隠所；（心の）奥底；奥義

in the innermost recesses of one's heart
心の深奥では［に］.

━━[動](他)

1 …を奥まった所に置く［隠す］；…に凹所を作る, をへこませる

recess a bookshelf into the wall
本棚を壁に埋め込む.

2 ((米))…を休会させる, 中断させる.

━━(自)((米))休憩する, 休会［休廷, 休校］する.

［ラテン語recessus（引きさがること, ひっこんだ場所）. △RECEDE］


recessionn.

1. The act of withdrawing or going back.
2. An extended decline in general business activity, typically two consecutive quarters of falling real gross national product.
3. The withdrawal in a line or file of participants in a ceremony, especially clerics and choir members after a church service.

[Latin recessiō, recessiōn-, from recessus, past participle of recēdere, to recede. See recede¹.]

recessionary re·ces'sion·ar'y adj.

re·ces·sion² (rē-sĕsh'ən)
n. Law
The act of restoring possession to a former owner.

[名]

1 [U][C]((主に米))一時的不景気, 景気後退.

2 [U]撤退, 後退, 退去；（宗教儀式のあとの）退場.

3 （壁などの）引っ込んだ部分, 凹(おう)所, くぼみ.
[名][U]（所有権の）返還, 還付.

The R-word index

Up means down

The Economist’s gauge of gloom

Sep 17th 2011 | from the print edition

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IT HAS been a thoroughly wretched summer in the rich world: weak growth, dismal jobs numbers and plunges in stockmarkets. Now there is yet another cause for concern.
The Economist’s informal R-word index tracks the number of newspaper articles that use the word “recession” in a quarter. The index has the advantage of being timely: data for the articles are available immediately, whereas first estimates of GDP are typically released four weeks after the end of the quarter. If not foolproof, it boasts a decent record: previous incarnations of the index pinpointed the start of American recessions in 1990 and 2007.

The latest iteration counts articles published in the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal. It shows the index declining steadily from a peak in early 2009, with just a brief pause during the summer of 2010. September, however, has brought a change in the weather. Measured at a quarterly rate, the index has visibly turned up since the start of this month. The chances that a slowdown will become a recession still hang in the balance. But the hacks are getting anxious.