inflation
Meaning of inflation
- the action of inflating something or the condition of being inflated.
the inflation of a balloon
the gross inflation of salaries
- a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.
policies aimed at controlling inflation
tax allowances and excise duties were increased in line with inflation
a reduction in annual inflation from 84 per cent to 7 per cent
high inflation rates
Middle English (in the sense ‘the condition of being inflated with a gas’): from Latin inflatio(n- ), from inflare ‘blow in to’ (see inflate). inflation (sense 2) dates from the mid 19th century.
Information about inflation
- It is a name.
- The plural form of inflation is: inflations.
- Languages in which inflation is used:
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Hyphenation of inflation
in-fla-tion
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- inflation is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
inflation synonyms
Meaning ostentation:
ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness
Translation of inflation
- French: inflation
- German: Inflation
- Italian: inflazione
- Portuguese: inflação
- Spanish: inflación
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