inflation
378
3.8
- noun
- /ɪnˈfleɪʃən/
- Specialized
- People think of inflation as prices going up.
- inflation rate
- control inflation
- high inflation
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Watch on YouTubeSlowly we we will see inflation go down.
- Slowly we we will see inflation go down.
- So the inflation is, is the cost of stuff.
- And, and I'm telling you that inflation basically kills savers.
- Can you explain how inflation got so high?
- So you can make sure you're beating inflation no matter what you're purchasing.
- Trump's tax cuts are made-up for with inflation and increases in debt.
- So it's this tug of war between inflation and deflation, right?
- People think of inflation as prices going up.
- Bailey said bringing inflation down is our absolute priority.
- You'll have a you'll have the inflation of asset prices.
- But but is it now is that the signal inflation has been defeated?
Examples
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Thus, data adjusted to control for inflation and converted to a common currency are desired.
Academic text (1990) -
My pay can't possibly keep up with inflation.
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Can you explain how inflation got so high?
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Just remember that inflation is a tax.
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We have to find a way to hold down the inflation rate and reduce the deficit.
Fiction book (2000) -
I forgot to adjust for inflation.
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Bailey said bringing inflation down is our absolute priority.
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With nearly 18 million new jobs, wages rising at more than twice the rate of inflation.
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Interest rates were fixed well below the rate of inflation from 1973 to 1983.
Academic text (1999) -
The high rate of inflation has made everyday goods unaffordable for many families.
Synonyms
38
2.8
Higher costs for things and services over time
29
2.0
A rise in the money you pay for things or services
9
3.1
An increase in the amount of money people pay for goods or services
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
23
3.7
The percent that shows how much prices for things and services rise over time
- Specialized
1
7.7
A rise in prices when people want to buy more things than before
- Specialized
A rise in general prices caused by higher production costs like wages and raw materials
- Specialized
A medical treatment that puts liquid, oxygen, or medicine into the airways to help breathing
How Severe
- Specialized
15
7.3
- Specialized
378
3.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Inflation comes from the Latin parts in- ('into') and flare ('to blow'), and you can remember prices being 'blown up' like a balloon — they get bigger and money buys less, which is why inflation means a general rise in prices.