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| in·fla·tion [ in fláysh'n ] |
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1. economics higher prices: an increase in the supply of currency or credit relative to the availability of goods and services, resulting in higher prices and a decrease in the purchasing power of money
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2. being inflated: the act of inflating something, or the condition of being inflated
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3. proud condition: the condition of being puffed up with pride
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4. cosmology early expansion of universe: a period of rapidly accelerating expansion of the early universe after the big bang
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