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Meaning of inflation

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  inflation
      n 1: a general and progressive increase in prices; "in inflation
           everything gets more valuable except money" [syn:
           {inflation}, {rising prices}] [ant: {deflation},
           {disinflation}]
      2: (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe
         (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred
         shortly after the big bang
      3: lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed
         up with vanity [syn: {ostentation}, {ostentatiousness},
         {pomposity}, {pompousness}, {pretentiousness}, {puffiness},
         {splashiness}, {inflation}]
      4: the act of filling something with air [ant: {deflation}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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