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US
/ˌɪnˈfɫeɪʃən/
]
[ UK /ɪnflˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /ɪnflˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang
- the act of filling something with air
- lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
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a general and progressive increase in prices
in inflation everything gets more valuable except money
How To Use inflation In A Sentence
- Inflation needs to be curbed in Russia.
- Think of this as the obverse of 1970s-style stagflation, which brought us little or no growth, high inflation and high interest rates at the same time.
- Another argument that rates will rise is that inflation, long thought dead, has recently resurfaced.
- In a downward inflation trend, salary expectations lag the decreases in inflation.
- Child benefit was uprated in line with inflation too.
- They should have had a very large deceleration in inflation, given the theory.
- Yields on bonds are so low that any future inflation is likely to erode the rates of return on government bonds bought today.
- It is therefore essential that they properly monitor the growth of broad money together with the build-up of wider inflationary risks. Times, Sunday Times
- She noted diminished inflationary pressures and risks from the international outlook. Times, Sunday Times
- Inflation did eventually accelerate, and tight-money measures have barely begun to halt it.