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Inflation - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Inflation : (noun)
1: a general and progressive increase in prices; "in inflation
everything gets more valuable except money" [syn: rising
prices] [ant: deflation, disinflation]
2: (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe
(faster than the speed of light) postulated to have
occurred shortly after the big bang
3: lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and
puffed up with vanity [syn: ostentation, ostentatiousness,
pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, splashiness]
4: the act of filling something with air [ant: deflation]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Inflation : \In*fla"tion\, n. [L. inflatio: cf. F. inflation.]
1. The act or process of inflating, or the state of being
inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion;
enlargement. --Boyle.
2. The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit;
vanity. --B. Jonson.
3. Undue expansion or increase, from overissue; -- said of
currency. [U.S.]
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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