price index

price index

noun
an index of the changes in the prices of goods and services, based on the prices of the same goods and services at a period arbitrarily selected as a base, usually expressed as 100.

Origin:
1885–90
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price index

noun
an index that traces the relative changes in the price of an individual good (or a market basket of goods) over time 
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