to index
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5.5
- verb
- /ˈɪndɛks/
- Specialized
:
indexar a la inflación
- Typically, the escalation clauses are indexed to fuel oil prices.
- indexed to inflation
- index wages
- index benefits
Examples
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All the government pensions and transfer payments are indexed for inflation; tax brackets are not.
Blog text (16) -
The difference is that the $15,500 will be indexed to wage changes in the future, commencing from 1995.
Academic text (1990) -
So shouldn't courts just index it to inflation?
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The new limit will be indexed for inflation starting in 2003.
Academic text (2002) -
The level of pain and the amount of pain medication administered were indexed to the patient's weight.
Academic text (2008) -
Students' ability levels were indexed by their scores on the CALT test.
Academic text (2011) -
Real wages were cut in half between 1972 and 1974, but thereafter they were indexed to the rate of inflation.
Academic text (1997) -
Under a health savings account approach, the expectation is that such deductibles will be indexed upward each year.
Academic text (2009) -
High unemployment can be remedied, at least in part, by indexing wages to employer profits.
Academic text (1990) -
The new policy will index wages to the inflation rate every year.
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.2
A number that shows how prices of goods and services change over time
- Specialized
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3.9
An official measure of how prices people pay for goods and services change over time
- Specialized
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4.8
A fund that buys the same stocks or bonds as a market index to match its returns
- Specialized
4
3.2
A number that shows if a person's weight is healthy for their height
- Formal
1
6.3
A number that shows changes in prices companies that make things get when they sell to shops or other businesses
- Specialized
1
6.7
First known person in an outbreak who helps trace where the disease came from
- Specialized
1
6.1
A number that shows how much a material slows light compared with empty space
- Specialized
1
4.1
A number that shows how prices of selected stocks change over time
- Archaic
1
4.4
A set of cards that people arrange in alphabetical order to list and find items like books
- Specialized
1
3.5
A number showing how much money a typical household needs for basic goods and services
- Specialized
1
5.5
A number that shows how things like prices change over time or between places
- Specialized
1
6.9
A number showing how much light slows in a material compared to empty space
- Specialized
1
7.2
A contract that lets people bet on or protect against changes in a stock market index
- Specialized
The skull's widest measurement as a percent of its longest measurement
- Specialized
The percent of a skull's width compared with its length used to describe skull shape
- Formal
Computer system that stores people's DNA profiles so police can find matches in criminal cases
- Specialized
The percent of a skull's maximum width compared with its maximum length
- Specialized
A number comparing how much heat a gas holds at fixed pressure and fixed volume
- Specialized
A fossil of an animal or plant that lived in one time period and helps identify and date rock layers
- Specialized
A small storage inside the computer that changes an address to find data in memory
- Specialized
A number that shows how a group of stocks is doing in the market
- Specialized
A number that shows how prices of goods sold in large amounts change over time
Surface Forms
Etymology
Index as a verb also comes from the idea of an 'indicator' number, so to index wages or prices is to link them to that number so they change together. That is why pensions or salaries can be 'indexed' to the cost of living.