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2 definitions found 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.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: inflation n 1: a general and progressive increase in prices; "in inflation everything gets more valuable except money" [syn: {rising prices}] [ant: {deflation}, {disinflation}] 2: a act of filling something with air [ant: {deflation}]
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