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indexation

American  
[in-dek-sey-shuhn] / ˌɪn dɛkˈseɪ ʃən /

noun

Economics.

  1. the automatic adjustment of wages, taxes, pension benefits, interest rates, etc., according to changes in the cost of living or another economic indicator, especially to compensate for inflation.

indexation British  
/ ˌɪndɛkˈseɪʃən /

noun

  1. the act of making wages, interest rates, etc, index-linked

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Etymology

Origin of indexation

index + -ation

Vocabulary lists containing indexation

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Legislation to enact the indexation of capital gains taxes was introduced in 1978, 1983, 1994, 1997 and 1998.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

Belgium has set up a system of wage indexation guaranteeing that if the cost of living goes up, salaries, pensions and benefits also increase.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2022

And price increases are stickier due to indexation, Perfeito said.

From Washington Times • Oct. 8, 2021

“Some countries in Europe have indexation of pensions and the salaries of public officials to inflation,” de Guindos told an online conference with the Financial Times.

From Reuters • Sep. 21, 2021

Concepts like the tax void, differential indexation and dynamic marginal tax rates, and the insights on their interaction, are really new, and have been concocted by me in a search for new scientific results.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas

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