tanking

4 definitions • 8 examples

suddenly failing or becoming less successful or lower in value:

Soaring fuel prices and a tanking economy will encourage many people to stay closer to home this year.

In theory, a tanking pound can help UK exporters.

the fact of suddenly failing or becoming less successful or lower in value:

Her taking out a loan coincided with the tanking of the housing market.

There was a meltdown in the banking sector and the tanking of the local currency.

the act of intentionally losing a game or sports event:

If a sporting event has been compromised by the tanking of a game, trust will be lost for ever.

The driver was fined for blatant tanking.

the act of covering a wall, etc. with a special substance or material in order to keep it dry, or the substance or material that is used to do this:

The work will not be cheap because the tanking will usually be done with a lead lining.

The architect had specified full fibreglass tanking in one client's bathroom.