preboom
/priːˈbuːm/
adjective
- Occurring or existing before a period of rapid economic growth or expansion (a boom).
- Historians study preboom economic conditions to understand what triggered the growth.
- Many preboom businesses struggled to adapt to the sudden increase in demand.
- The preboom housing prices were much lower than during the real estate surge.
noun
- The period of time before a boom, especially an economic or population boom.
- The preboom saw steady but slow population growth.
- Investors who bought land in the preboom made huge profits later.
- In the preboom, the town was quiet and mostly agricultural.
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