inflation

UK
/ɪnˈfleɪʃən/
US
/ɪnˈfleɪʃən/
inflationsubstantiv
inflations
Pl.
Übersetzungen
The government is trying to control inflation.
Правительство пытается контролировать инфляцию.
Definitionen
A sustained rise in the general price level of goods and services in an economy, resulting in a decline in the purchasing power of money.
High inflation eroded the value of their savings.
The act of inflating something or the condition of being inflated.
The inflation of the balloon was done carefully to avoid bursting.
A brief period of extremely rapid exponential expansion of the early universe, postulated to have occurred immediately after the Big Bang.
According to the theory of cosmic inflation, the universe expanded faster than the speed of light for a fraction of a second.
Synonyme
price increase
rise in prices
cost of living increase
economic inflation
monetary inflation
Antonyme
inflationadjektiv
UK
/ɪnˈfleɪʃən/
US
/ɪnˈfleɪʃən/
Used attributively before a noun to describe things relating to economic inflation.
Definitionen
Relating to or associated with economic inflation.
The central bank's inflation target aims to keep prices from rising too quickly.