inflationin a sentence
inflation as in: economic inflation
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The report shows inflation-adjusted dollars.inflation = adjusted for a decrease in the value of a dollar over time
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Most economist think a little inflation (perhaps a percentage or two) is good for the economy, but all economists agree that a lot of inflation is harmful.inflation = when the price of everything increases because money is less valuable
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During inflation everything gets more "valuable" except money.†
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Parties every week, balls, banquets, beautiful girls, waltzing, dinners, a huge house, etc. After Grandpa died, most of the money was lost, and after the Great War and inflation there was nothing left at all. (source)inflation = increase in prices
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They were spendable money and never did drop to zero but were inflationary and exchange reflected it increasingly; new government was spending money it did not have.† (source)inflationary = tending to cause prices to increase so that money is less valuable
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Inasmuch as a tremendous spurt in the production of the Western silver mines had caused its value in relation to gold to shrink considerably, the single purpose of the silver forces was clear, simple and appealing—easy, inflationary money.† (source)
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Rapid inflation puts a lot of shock and pressure on it.† (source)inflation = when the price of everything increases because money is less valuable
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It's all part of the damnable inflationary pattern that's designed to cheat people on pensions and with fixed incomes and so forth.† (source)inflationary = tending to cause prices to increase so that money is less valuable
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Did these donations take place before hyperinflation?† (source)hyperinflation = when the price of everything increases a lot because money is worth a fraction of what it was worth previouslystandard prefix: The prefix "hyper-" in hyperinflation means extreme or excessive. This is the same pattern as seen in words like hypersensitive, hyperactive, and hypercritical.
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"It's a great hedge on inflation," he says with authority.† (source)inflation = when the price of everything increases because money is less valuable
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And the facts, as he had publicly stated, were that Russia intended to defeat the United States by scaring us into an inflationary, socialistic depression, and not by tossing missiles at us.† (source)inflationary = tending to cause prices to increase so that money is less valuable
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His efforts have resulted in a nation that has the highest literacy rate in Europe, some of the best educational attainment rates, and the lowest infant mortality, inflation, and unemployment rates in the Western Hemisphere.† (source)inflation = when the price of everything increases because money is less valuable
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When inflation went through the roof and gold hit $850 an ounce, it was worth a small fortune, more than enough for my frugal dad to retire a few times over and more than it would be worth a quarter century later.† (source)
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Inflation, you know.† (source)
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Throughout the U.S. we find that the aging population (living on restricted and/or shrinking incomes in an inflation-prone world), along with reduced government support of education, conflicts with the needs of young people who live in a society that demands educational excellence even while promoting passive acceptance of mass-media culture.† (source)
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Now I can return them to you readjusted, because with inflation they're not worth what they once were.† (source)
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He freed the straps, found the inflation cylinder.
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inflation = to fill with air
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