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boom(3) (iou)



boom noun3. [bu:m] Orig. US. L19.
[Prob. from BOOM verb1.]
A sudden increase or development esp. in business or economic activity; a rapid rise in the price of a commodity, in profits, etc.
boom and bust (a cycle of) great prosperity followed by economic slump.
attrib.: R. Lowell The riska small one in those boom yearsof resigning from the Navy.
Comb.: boom town a town owing its origin, growth, or prosperity to a boom in some commodity or activity.
boomlet noun a small boom, esp. on a stock exchange L19.
boomy adjective2 of or pertaining to a boom in business etc. L19.