inflation
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Inflation
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| a particular mode of being of a person or thing; existing state; situation with respect to circumstances |
| opposite or contrary in direction, action, sequence, etc.; turned around. |
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inflation (ɪnˈfleɪʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the act of inflating or state of being inflated |
| 2. | economics Compare deflation a progressive increase in the general level of prices brought about by an expansion in demand or the money supply (demand-pull inflation) or by autonomous increases in costs (cost-push inflation) |
| 3. | informal the rate of increase of prices |
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Word Origin & History
inflation
mid-14c., from L. inflationem (nom. inflatio), noun of action from inflare "blow into, puff up," from in- "into" + flare "to blow" (see blow (v.1)). Monetary sense of "enlargement of prices" (originally by an increase in the amount of money in circulation) first recorded 1838 in Amer.Eng.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
inflation in·fla·tion (ĭn-flā'shən)
n.
Distention with a fluid or gas.
The act of distending an organ or body part with a fluid or gas.
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Cultural Dictionary
inflation definition
A general increase in prices.
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Example sentences
These efforts helped shepherd the economy into expansion and reversed a worrying fall in inflation expectations toward deflation.
Better data wouldn't cure education inflation, but it would be a good start.
So revised downward estimates, and year-over-year growth that's either flat or negative after taking inflation into account.
At present they are sanguine about inflation and worried about unemployment, which means a rate rise this year is unlikely.
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