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deflation
(encz) | deflation,deflace n: Zdeněk Brož |
deflation
(gcide) | deflation \deflation\ n.
1. the act or process of deflating.
[PJC]
2. a fall in the average prices of goods and services; --
usually associated with contraction of economic activity.
Opposite of inflation. Compare disinflation.
[PJC]
3. the reduction of available credit or a contraction of
economic activity resulting from or associated with a
decline of prices.
[WordNet 1.5]
4. the act of letting the air out of something.
[WordNet 1.5]
5. (Geol.) the erosion of land structures such as sand or
soil due to the action of wind. --RHUD
[PJC] |
deflation
(wn) | deflation
n 1: (geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and
dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind; "a constant
deflation of the desert landscape"
2: a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of
prices [ant: disinflation, inflation, rising prices]
3: the act of letting the air out of something [ant:
inflation] |
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