Inflation
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Inflation is a noun meaning An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas or liquid.
Meaning
An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas or liquid.
More Meanings
- (economics) An increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money, adjusted for by way of higher nominal values.
- Undue expansion or increase, as of academic grades.
- (cosmology) An extremely rapid expansion of the universe, theorized to have occurred very shortly after the Big Bang.
Example Sentences
The inflation of the balloon took five hours.
Due to inflation, the monthly gym fee is rising by 10% from January.
Word Forms
- inflations
Antonyms for inflation
Common opposites include deflation, disinflation.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include inflationary, hyperinflation, price, rate, growth, increase.
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