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Inflation
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| inflation (ɪnˈfleɪʃən) | |
| —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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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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