DEFLATIONARY

deflationary

(adjective) associated with or tending to cause decreases in consumer prices or increases in the purchasing power of money; “deflationary measures”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

deflationary (not comparable)

Associated with or tending to cause deflation.

(philosophy, logic) Belonging or relating to a family of theories claiming that assertions that predicate truth of a statement do not attribute a property called truth to such a statement.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

5 February 2025

CARE

(noun) activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; “he wrote the manual on car care”


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Coffee Trivia

The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

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