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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
1885–90
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| price index | |
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| 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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Example sentences
Tuition even outpaced a special price index deployed by colleges to help defend themselves against mounting criticism.
So it is particularly instructive to look this week at our own commodity price index.
We've adjusted all figures for inflation, using the consumer price index.
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