rising prices
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1. a general and progressive increase in prices (noun.process)
| hypernym | : | economic process, |
| definition | : | any process affecting the production and development and management of material wealth (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | cost-pull inflation, |
| definition | : | inflation caused by an increase in the costs of production (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | demand-pull inflation, |
| definition | : | inflation caused by an increase in demand or in the supply of money (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | reflation, |
| definition | : | inflation of currency after a period of deflation; restore the system to a previous state (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | stagflation, |
| definition | : | a period of slow economic growth and high unemployment (stagnation) while prices rise (inflation) (noun.process) |
| antonym | : | deflation, |
| definition | : | a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices (noun.process) |
| antonym | : | disinflation, |
| definition | : | a reduction of prices intended to improve the balance of payments (noun.process) |
| derivation | : | inflate, |
| definition | : | increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | inflate, |
| definition | : | cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | inflationary, |
| definition | : | associated with or tending to cause increases in inflation (adj.all) |
| antonym | : | deflation, |
| definition | : | a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices (noun.process) |
| antonym | : | disinflation, |
| definition | : | a reduction of prices intended to improve the balance of payments (noun.process) |
| derivation | : | inflate, |
| definition | : | increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | inflate, |
| definition | : | cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | inflationary, |
| definition | : | associated with or tending to cause increases in inflation (adj.all) |
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