inflation
pronunciation
How to pronounce inflation in British English:
UK [ɪnˈfleɪʃn]
How to pronounce inflation in American English:
US [ɪnˈfleɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- a general and progressive increase in prices
- (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang
- lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
- the act of filling something with air
Word Origin
- inflation (n.)
- mid-14c., "swelling caused by gathering of 'wind' in the body; flatulence;" figuratively, "outbursts of pride," from Latin inflationem (nominative inflatio) "a puffing up; flatulence," noun of action from past participle stem of inflare "blow into, puff up," from in- "into" (see in- (2)) + flare "to blow" (see blow (v.1)). Monetary sense of "enlargement of prices" (originally by an increase in the amount of money in circulation) first recorded 1838 in American English.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Long-term inflation expectations have also risen .
- 2. Inflation seems to be under control .
- 3. Inflation is also distorting the travel business .
- 4. A second factor is inflation .
- 5. Inflation fell sharply in october .