inflations
- 1Plural of inflation.
Economists compared the great inflations of the 1920s and the 1970s to find common patterns.
Repeated inflations of the life raft tested the strength of its seams.
Note
A plural that appears only when inflation is counted rather than measured. Every meaning of the singular can be used both ways, so the plural picks out separate episodes or acts: the inflations of several decades, the repeated inflations of a raft, the grade inflations of different schools. For a general rise in prices the uncounted form is usual (inflation rose); the plural suits comparisons between distinct periods.
inflations is a form of inflation
inflation, noun: An increase in the amount of money in circulation, which lowers the value of existing money and pushes nominal prices higher. Full entry
- Forms
- inflationinflations plural
- Spelling
- inflation → inflations: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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