preboom

adj

preboom

adj

Etymology From pre- + boom.

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Economics, Sciences Before a boom

From 1999 to 2007, the price of Pu’er, a fermented brew invented by Tang Dynasty traders, increased tenfold[…] before tumbling far below its preboom levels.2009 January 17, Andrew Jacobs, “A County in China Sees Its Fortunes in Tea Leaves Until a Bubble Bursts”, in New York Times:

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