INFLATIONARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inflationary mean? 

• INFLATIONARY (adjective)
  The adjective INFLATIONARY has 1 sense:

1. associated with or tending to cause increases in inflation

  Familiarity information: INFLATIONARY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INFLATIONARY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Associated with or tending to cause increases in inflation

Context example:

inflationary prices

Domain category:

economic science; economics; political economy (the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management)

Antonym:

deflationary (associated with or tending to cause decreases in consumer prices or increases in the purchasing power of money)

Derivation:

inflation (a general and progressive increase in prices)