1. Noun
The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement.
2. Noun
The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit; vanity.
3. Noun
Undue expansion or increase, from overissue; -- said of currency.
4. noun
A general increase in prices over time.
A sustained rise in the general level of prices, reducing purchasing power.
5. Noun
a general and progressive increase in prices; "in inflation everything gets more valuable except money"
Vocabulary classified under Economics
6. Noun
lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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