REFLATE

reflate

(verb) become inflated again

reflate

(verb) inflate again; “reflate the balloon”

reflate

(verb) economics: raise demand, expand the money supply, or raise prices, after a period of deflation; “These measures reflated the economy”

reflate

(verb) economics: experience reflation; “The economy reflated after the Fed took extreme measures”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

reflate (third-person singular simple present reflates, present participle reflating, simple past and past participle reflated)

To reinflate, to inflate again.

(economics) To restore the general level of prices to a previous or desirable level.

Source: Wiktionary



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