Inflation
121inflation target — /ɪn fleɪʃ(ə)n ˌtɑ:gɪt/ noun an inflation rate which the government aims to reach at some date in the future …
122inflation table — See load and inflation table …
123inflation rate — noun the rate of change of prices (as indicated by a price index) calculated on a monthly or annual basis • Syn: ↑rate of inflation • Hypernyms: ↑rate …
124inflation-proof — inflaˈtion proof adjective (of investments, etc) protected, esp by indexation, against inflation • • • Main Entry: ↑inflate …
125inflation — noun Date: 14th century 1. an act of inflating ; a state of being inflated: as a. distension b. a hypothetical extremely brief period of very rapid expansion of the universe immediately following the big bang c. empty pretentiousness ; pomposity… …
126inflation — n. [L. in, in; flare, to blow] (MOLLUSCA: Bivalvia) The distance between the outermost points of the two valves …
127inflation — Distention by a fluid or gas. [L. inflatio, fr. in flo, pp. flatus, to blow into, inflate] * * * in·fla·tion (in flaґshən) [L. in 1 + flare to blow] 1. distention with air, gas, or fluid. 2. the act of distending with air, gas, or fluid …
128inflation — Synonyms and related words: Barnumism, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, addition, advance, affectation, aggrandizement, amplification, appreciation, ascent, augmentation, ballooning, ballyhoo, bedizenment, big… …
