A price, industry, action, etc., which ameliorates the effects of an economic recession, or which remains unaffected by a recession; frequently attributive.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Times Record (Troy, New York).
Definition of recession buster in US English:
recession buster
noun
A price, industry, action, etc., which ameliorates the effects of an economic recession, or which remains unaffected by a recession; frequently attributive.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Times Record (Troy, New York).