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inflation

[in-fley-shuh n]
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noun
  1. Economics. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation).
  2. the act of inflating.
  3. the state of being inflated.

Origin of inflation

1300–50; Middle English inflacio(u)n < Latin inflātiōn- (stem of inflātiō). See inflate, -ion
Related formsan·ti-in·fla·tion, noun, adjectivenon·in·fla·tion, nouno·ver·in·fla·tion, nounre·in·fla·tion, nounself-in·fla·tion, noun
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Examples from the Web for reinflation

Historical Examples

  • The question had the effect of reinflation, but at last the child itself was brought, and it was open-eyed.

    The Wonder

    J. D. Beresford

British Dictionary definitions for reinflation

inflation

noun
  1. the act of inflating or state of being inflated
  2. economics a progressive increase in the general level of prices brought about by an expansion in demand or the money supply (demand-pull inflation) or by autonomous increases in costs (cost-push inflation)Compare deflation
  3. informal the rate of increase of prices
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Word Origin and History for reinflation

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.

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reinflation in Medicine

inflation

(ĭn-flā′shən)
n.
  1. Distention with a fluid or gas.
  2. The act of distending an organ or body part with a fluid or gas.
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reinflation in Culture

inflation

A general increase in prices.

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