Inflation
21inflation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ high, massive ▪ low, moderate ▪ zero ▪ galloping (esp. BrE), raging (esp. BrE) …
22inflation — /in flay sheuhn/, n. 1. Econ. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation). 2. the act of inflating. 3. the state …
23inflation — in|fla|tion [ ın fleıʃn ] noun uncount *** 1. ) an economic process in which prices increase so that money becomes less valuable: Your pension is protected against inflation. inflation rate/rate of inflation: The inflation rate is 3.2%. high/low… …
24inflation */*/*/ — UK [ɪnˈfleɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [uncountable] 1) economics an economic process in which prices increase so that money becomes less valuable Your pension is protected against inflation. inflation rate/rate of inflation: The inflation rate is 3.2%.… …
25inflation — 01. Because of [inflation], prices have gone up considerably for almost everything. 02. Karen [inflated] her costs when she applied for a student loan in order to be sure to get enough money for the school year. 03. The [inflationary] pressures… …
26inflation — Spain has had on the whole a high inflation economy both before, during and after the period of rapid development of 1960–74, and it was only in the 1990s that the monetary authorities at last appeared to be on top of the problem. Already… …
27Inflation — While Germany s inflation became catastrophic only in 1923, the deterioration of the mark began early in World War I. For political, patriotic, and technical reasons, the Kaiserreich failed to cover its war expenditures through taxation (see… …
28inflation — A rise in the general level of prices in an economy which, if it continues, must bring about an increase in the money supply. Economists have offered a number of different explanations for inflation, and though it is generally accepted that… …
29inflation — /ɪn fleɪʃ(ə)n/ noun a greater increase in the supply of money or credit than in the production of goods and services, resulting in higher prices and a fall in the purchasing power of money ♦ we have 3% inflation or inflation is running at 3%… …
30inflation — n. 1) to cause inflation 2) to control, curb inflation 3) creeping; double digit; galloping, rampant, runaway, uncontrolled inflation * * * [ɪn fleɪʃ(ə)n] curb inflation double digit galloping rampant runaway uncontrolled inflation creeping to… …
