inflation

in·fla·tion  (n-flshn)

n.

1. The act of inflating or the state of being inflated.

2. A persistent increase in the level of consumer prices or a persistent decline in the purchasing power of money, caused by an increase in available currency and credit beyond the proportion of available goods and services.

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inflation

Noun

1. an inflating or being inflated

2. Econ a progressive increase in the general level of prices brought about by an increase in the amount of money in circulation or by increases in costs

3. Informal the rate of increase of prices

inflationary adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	inflation - a general and progressive increase in prices; "in inflation everything gets more valuable except money" rising prices cost-pull inflation - inflation caused by an increase in the costs of production demand-pull inflation - inflation caused by an increase in demand or in the supply of money economic process - any process affecting the production and development and management of material wealth reflation - inflation of currency after a period of deflation; restore the system to a previous state stagflation - a period of slow economic growth and high unemployment (stagnation) while prices rise (inflation) deflation - a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices disinflation - a reduction of prices intended to improve the balance of payments
	2.	inflation - (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang cosmogeny, cosmogony, cosmology - the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe blowup, detonation, explosion - a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
	3.	inflation - lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, splashiness, ostentation, puffiness inelegance - the quality of lacking refinement and good taste
	4.	inflation - the act of filling something with air enlargement, expansion - the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope deflation - the act of letting the air out of something

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inflation

noun increase, expansion, extension, swelling, escalation, enlargement, intensification

Translations

inflation [ɪnˈfleɪʃən] n (ECON) → inflación f

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inflation [ɪnˈfleɪʃən] inflate n (Econ) → inflation f

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inflation [ɪnˈfleɪʃən] inflate n → Inflation f

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inflation [ɪnˈfleɪʃən] n (ECON) → inflazione f