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{
"term": "inflation",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a fall in the value of money and a general increase in prices; the rate at which this happens",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the fight against **rising inflation**"
},
{
"text": "to **control/curb inflation**"
},
{
"text": "to **reduce/bring down** inflation"
},
{
"text": "a high/low **rate of inflation**"
},
{
"text": "an **inflation rate** of 3%"
},
{
"text": "Wage increases must be **in line with inflation**."
},
{
"text": "Inflation is currently running at 3%."
},
{
"text": "**rapid/runaway/galloping inflation**"
},
{
"text": "The annual rate of inflation fell to 1%."
},
{
"text": "Inflation is down to its lowest level in three years."
},
{
"text": "Inflation reached a monthly rate of 5%."
},
{
"text": "It is vital that inflation is kept in check."
},
{
"text": "Wages are not keeping pace with inflation."
},
{
"text": "a drop in inflation to 2.4%"
},
{
"text": "an increase in inflation to 3.5%"
},
{
"text": "policies to beat inflation"
},
{
"text": "savings eroded by inflation"
},
{
"text": "The bank is introducing new measures to curb inflation"
},
{
"text": "What can be done to bring down inflation?"
}
],
"topics": ["Money"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a general rise in the level of something that is awarded",
"labels": "(disapproving)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the gross inflation of executive salaries"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the act or process of filling something with air or gas",
"examples": [
{
"text": "life jackets with an automatic inflation device"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈfleɪʃn/",
"audio": "in/inflation/inflation__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈfleɪʃn/",
"audio": "in/inflation/inflation__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘the condition of being inflated with a gas’): from Latin inflatio(n-), from inflare ‘blow in to’, from in- ‘into’ + flare ‘to blow’. Sense (1) dates from the mid 19th cent."
}