rising prices 1
noundomain: natural proc.
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
a general and progressive increase in prices
Examples
- 1.in inflation everything gets more valuable except money
Hypernym
any process affecting the production and development and management of material wealth
EnglishHyponym
inflation caused by an increase in the costs of production
inflation caused by an increase in demand or in the supply of money
reflation 1
noun
inflation of currency after a period of deflation; restore the system to a previous state
stagflation 1
noun
a period of slow economic growth and high unemployment (stagnation) while prices rise (inflation)
hyperinflation 1
noun
extremely high inflation that occurs when a country experiences very high and usually accelerating rates of inflation, rapidly eroding the real value of the local currency, and causing the population to minimize their holdings of the local money.
