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inflation

/ɪnˈfleɪʃən/

Translations

inflationnoun

inflations

The government is trying to control inflation.

Правительство пытается контролировать инфляцию.

Synonyms

price increase

rise in prices

cost of living increase

economic inflation

monetary inflation

Antonyms

inflationadjective

/ɪnˈfleɪʃən/

Used attributively before a noun to describe things relating to economic inflation.

Synonyms

inflationnoun

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.

inflationadjective

Relating to or associated with economic inflation.

The central bank's inflation target aims to keep prices from rising too quickly.