Inflation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Inflation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Inflation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inflation n a general and progressive increase in prices; "in inflation everything gets more valuable except money" Synonym(s): inflation, rising prices Antonym(s): deflation, disinflation (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity Synonym(s): ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation the act of filling something with air Antonym(s): deflation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 2. The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit; vanity. --B. Jonson. 3. Undue expansion or increase, from overissue; -- said of currency. [U.S.]