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(in·flāshən) noun
1. The act of inflating, or the state of being inflated; distention: the inflation of a bubble or a balloon.
2. Bombast; conceit.
3. Expansion or extension beyond natural or proper limits or so as to exceed normal or just value; specifically, over-issue of currency, or the state resulting therefrom; also, increase in price levels arising from mounting effective demand without corresponding increase in commodity supply.
4. That which is inflated or puffed up.
—in·fla′·tion·ar
y adjective

Most often used phrases:

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low inflation
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control inflation
rising inflation
annual inflation
rampant inflation
inflation target

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"inflation" has the frequency of use of 0.0035% on city-data.com forum

"inflation" has the frequency of use of 0.0008% on en.wikipedia.org.

Phrases starting with the letter: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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