Deflation Definition

dĭ-flāshən
noun
A deflating or being deflated.
Webster's New World
A reduction in the general level of prices as a result of a severe decline in economic activity.
Webster's New World
The lifting and removal of small, loose particles, especially silt and clay particles, by eddies of wind.
American Heritage
Erosion by the wind.
Webster's New World
(economics, euphemistic) An economic contraction.
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Singular:
deflation
Plural:
deflations

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