Definition of Plummeted

1. Verb. (past of plummet#Verb plummet) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Plummeted

1. plummet [v] - See also: plummet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plummeted

plumigerous
plumiliform
pluming
plumiped
plumipeds
plumist
plumists
plumless
plumlike
plummed
plummer
plummer's disease
plummer-vinson syndrome
plummest
plummet
plummeted (current term)
plummeting
plummets
plummetted
plummetting
plummier
plummiest
plummily
plumminess
plumming
plummy
plumose
plumosely
plumosite
plumosities

Literary usage of Plummeted

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Personal Finance by Robert S. Rosefsky (2001)
"The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted 508 points, its worst single day up to ... The Nasdaq plummeted by nearly 35 percent, and fortunes that had been ..."

2. Dac Guidelines and Reference Series Promoting Pro-Poor Growth: Policy by Oecd (2007)
"Bilateral aid for infrastructure has plummeted • Total bilateral ODA (incl. EC) II Total bilateral ODA for infrastructure (incl. ..."

3. The Economic and Budget Outlook: Fiscal Years, 1999-2008 edited by Sherry Snyder (1998)
"... CPI held steady at a rate of about 2.8 percent in 1997, while inflation in the CPI plummeted to 1.9 percent by the end of the year (see Figure 1-4). ..."

4. Ecology, Diversity and Sustainability of the Middle Rio Grande Basin edited by Deborah M. Finch, Joseph A. Tainter (1996)
"Fields became salinized and production plummeted. ... Tax revenues plummeted by 90 percent within a few decades. People rebelled and the countryside became ..."

5. A History of Money and Banking in the United States: The Colonial Era to by Murray Newton Rothbard (2002)
"Instead, public confidence in the greenback plummeted, ... Then, after the passage of the bill, the greenback plummeted, hitting 40(2 at the end of the ..."

6. Growing Apart: The Causes and Consequences of Global Wage Inequality by Albert Fishlow, Karen Parker (1999)
"With so many criminals incarcerated, the crime rate should have plummeted. The crime rate has fallen but has not plummeted because many ..."

7. The Next Texas Energy Boom: Power Choices for the 21st Century by Jim Marston (1997)
"When oil prices plummeted in the 1980s, however, the nation's passion for renewables plummeted along with them. The enthusiasm of the 1970s is now beginning ..."

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