Definitions for inflations

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inflations in·fla·tion

Spelling: [in-fley-shuh n]

IPA: /ɪnˈfleɪ ʃən/

Inflations is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 497 anagrams from letters in inflations (afiilnnost).

Definitions for inflations

noun

1. Economics. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation).
2. the act of inflating.
3. the state of being inflated.

Origin of inflations

1300-50; Middle English inflacio(u)n Latin inflātiōn- (stem of inflātiō). See inflate, -ion

Examples for inflations

Same-store sales growth was just 0.4 percent in North America this summer—positive, but below the rate of inflation.

We are in a period of inflation and we cannot avoid the results.

Then the results of the inflation came with relentless and rapid pace.

It kept its AAA credit rating; GDP per capita climbed; inflation and unemployment are still low; and the dollar is strong.

Astronomy and inflation: and by inflation we mean expansion of the attenuated.

We shall have a remedy for this the moment the tide of inflation turns.

I candidly answered that I could not see the end of the inflation.

With a total of $289 million (adjusted for inflation), it is the highest-grossing silent film of all time.

Self-promotion improves the self for McCarthy, but how effective, and healthy, is this inflation of the ego?

As college tuition rises faster than inflation, the class of 2014 will have an average of $33,000 in student loans to pay back.