Antonym: deflation. Similar words: information, relation, violation, isolation, population, regulation, revelation, installation. Meaning: [ɪn'fleɪʃn] 
n. 1. a general and progressive increase in prices 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 4. the act of filling something with air.
n. 1. a general and progressive increase in prices 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 4. the act of filling something with air. 
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241) There's been a sharp rise in the rate of inflation.
242) They believed that controlling the money supply would reduce inflation.
243) The government has imposed a sharp credit squeeze in an attempt to hold down inflation.
244) Inflation is pushing up the cost of living beyond our reach.
245) The cost of completion has been revised upwards again due to inflation.
246) Most of the students have already felt the pressure of soaring inflation.
247) Inflation has fallen for the third month in a row.
248) The union claimed a pay rise worth four times the rate of inflation.
249) House prices are rising at a higher rate than inflation.
250) Minimum pensions and wages are to be indexed to inflation.
251) Managing the economy is a complex equation of controlling inflation and reducing unemployment.
252) Inflation is finally levelling out at around 11% a month.
253) The CBI also says the squeeze is slowing down inflation.
254) The Health Minister, who resigned today,[sentencedict.com/inflation.html] claims she is an innocent victim caught in the crossfire of the current battle over inflation.
255) She argued that the only way to combat inflation effectively was to keep interest rate high.
256) Rising unemployment has been the price we've had to pay for getting inflation down.
257) Last month's rise in inflation was described by the chancellor as only a blip.
258) The conjunction of low inflation and low unemployment came as a very pleasant surprise.
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