zero-growthhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zero-growth_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezero growth, n.
Revised 2018

zero growthnoun

  1. 1907–
    An absence of increase (in population, economic activity or value, etc.); cf. negative growth n.
    1. 1907
      This decrease was shared by three sets, and two further sets showed zero growth.
      Journal of Experimental Zoology vol. 4 61
    2. 1973
      The possibility of zero growth in the population of the United States.
      Science 15 June 1143
    3. 2003
      The eurozone economy registered zero growth in the first quarter.
      Financial Times 7 June 10/1

Originally published as part of the entry for zero, n. & adj.

zero, n. & adj. was revised in June 2018.