Inflation - Definition
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]