Inflation Definition
ĭn-flāshən
noun
An inflating or being inflated.
Webster's New World
Increase in the amount of money and credit in relation to the supply of goods and services.
Webster's New World
Condition resulting from this, characterized by a general increase in price levels, specif. an excessive or persistent increase, leading to a decline in purchasing power.
Webster's New World
The rate at which this increase occurs, expressed as a percentage over a period of time, usually a year.
American Heritage
(economics) An increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- pompousness
- pomposity
- ostentatiousness
- ostentation
- splashiness
- puffiness
- pretentiousness
- rising prices
- distention
- deficit financing
- expansion
- financial-crisis
- boom
- reflation
- move toward higher price levels
Other Word Forms of Inflation
Noun
Singular:
inflation
Plural:
inflationsOrigin of Inflation
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From Middle English, from Old French inflation (“swelling”), from Latin īnflātiō (“expansion", "blowing up”), from īnflātus, the perfect passive participle of īnflō (“blow into", "expand”), from in (“into”) + flō (“blow”).
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