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inflation

/in-fley-shuhn/US // ɪnˈfleɪ ʃən //UK // (ɪnˈfleɪʃən) //

通货膨胀,通胀,膨胀,通涨

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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.
    • : the act of inflating.
    • : the state of being inflated.

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Examples

  • Still, if there’s any connection at all, then it should ease concerns about inflation.

  • After adjusting for inflation over two decades, the deal with Cisterra would end up costing about $127 million, according to the city’s independent budget analyst.

  • They analyzed how a collapsing universe would change its own structure, and they ultimately discovered that contraction can beat inflation at its own game.

  • Its supporters believe a currency’s value should be connected with the amount of gold in reserves as a way to prevent inflation.

  • California recently capped the amount rent could be raised across the state at 5 percent plus inflation.

  • It raises inflation, since you need more rubles to buy imports.

  • The penalties are set in stone through 2016, but after that they will remain at $695 per year, plus inflation.

  • The median household income in inflation-adjusted dollars back in 1987 was… well, what do you think?

  • A predictable, inflation-adjusted minimum wage would make business planning easier.

  • With a total of $289 million (adjusted for inflation), it is the highest-grossing silent film of all time.

  • I candidly answered that I could not see the end of the inflation.

  • Then the results of the inflation came with relentless and rapid pace.

  • The diagnostic characters were the length and breadth of the rostrum and the relatively great inflation of the auditory bullae.

  • Under the stress of war, this process of credit inflation has been growing like the genii let out of the bottle.

  • And do not let anybody fool you for a single second by talking about "fiat money" and "inflation of the currency."