INFLATION

inflation

(noun) the act of filling something with air

ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation

(noun) lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

inflation

(noun) (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang

inflation, rising prices

(noun) a general and progressive increase in prices; “in inflation everything gets more valuable except money”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

inflation (plural inflations)

An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas.

(economics) An increase in the general level of prices or in the cost of living.

(economics) A decline in the value of money.

(economics) An increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money.

Undue expansion or increase, as of academic grades.

(cosmology) An extremely rapid expansion of the universe, theorised to have occurred very shortly after the big bang.

Antonyms

• deflation

Anagrams

• inflatino

Source: Wiktionary

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In*fla"tion, n. Etym: [L. inflatio: cf. F. inflation.]

1. The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement. Boyle.

2. The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit; vanity. B. Jonson.

3. Undue expansion or increase, from overissue; -- said of currency. [U.S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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