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REFLATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does reflation mean?
• REFLATION (noun)
The noun REFLATION has 1 sense:
1. inflation of currency after a period of deflation; restore the system to a previous state
Familiarity information: REFLATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inflation of currency after a period of deflation; restore the system to a previous state
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("reflation" is a kind of...):
inflation; rising prices (a general and progressive increase in prices)
Derivation:
reflate (economics: raise demand, expand the money supply, or raise prices, after a period of deflation)
reflate (economics: experience reflation)
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