Inflation - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ɪnˈfleɪʃn|  American pronunciation of the word inflation
Brit.  |ɪnˈfleɪʃ(ə)n|  British pronunciation of the word inflation

noun

- a general and progressive increase in prices
in inflation everything gets more valuable except money
- (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang
- lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity (syn: ostentation, pomposity, pretentiousness)
- the act of filling something with air

Extra examples

The government has been unable to control inflation.

The rate of inflation is high.

The annual rate of inflation fell.

Inflation is now running at over 16%.

There has been a fall in the rate of inflation.

A program to prevent inflation and economic collapse

People with limited incomes are hit particularly hard by inflation.

We're now experiencing a faster rate of inflation.

Inflation was fueled by high prices.

The economy has shown a general tendency toward inflation.

He makes less money now, when you adjust for inflation, than he did 10 years ago.

The figures were calculated with no adjustments for inflation.

The figures were calculated with no adjustment for inflation.

Inflation has become a chronic condition in the economy.

Inflation has become an economic monster.

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