Found 4 items, similar to Inflation.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: inflation inflasi
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: inflation inflasi, pemompaan, pengelembungan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: inflation inflation n 1: a general and progressive increase in prices; “in inflation everything gets more valuable except money” [syn: rising prices ] [ant: deflation, disinflation] 2: (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang 3: lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity [syn: ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, splashiness] 4: the act of filling something with air [ant: deflation]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Inflation Inflation \In*fla"tion\, n. [L. inflatio: cf. F. inflation.] 1. The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement. --Boyle. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit; vanity. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 3. Persistent expansion or increase in the general level of prices, usually caused by overissue of currency, and resulting in a reduced value of the currency. It is contrasted with deflation, and is when it occurs to a very high degree is called hyperinflation. [U.S.] [1913 Webster +PJC]