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Pronunciation / Transliteration: inflation
"L'inflation réduit le pouvoir d'achat des consommateurs."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.
"High inflation makes it difficult for families to budget their monthly expenses."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'inflatio', meaning a blowing into or swelling, from the verb 'inflare'. It entered English in the 17th century to describe bodily swelling before being adopted in economics during the mid-19th century to denote the expansion of the money supply and subsequent rise in prices.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Inflation" is said worldwide
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inflation
Transliteration: inflation
"L'inflation réduit le pouvoir d'achat des consommateurs."
Inflation
Transliteration: Inflation
"Die Inflation führt zu höheren Lebenshaltungskosten."
inflazione
Transliteration: inflazione
"L'inflazione sta crescendo rapidamente quest'anno."
inflación
Transliteration: inflación
"El banco central intenta controlar la inflación."
inflação
Transliteration: inflação
"A inflação afeta o preço dos alimentos."
मुद्रास्फीति
Transliteration: mudrasphiti
"मुद्रास्फीति के कारण आम आदमी की जेब पर असर पड़ता है।"
通货膨胀
Transliteration: tōnghuò péngzhàng
"政府正在采取措施抑制通货膨胀。"
인플레이션
Transliteration: inpeulleisyeon
"인플레이션으로 인해 물가가 올랐습니다."
インフレ
Transliteration: infure
"インフレが経済に深刻な影響を与えています。"
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