单词 | inflation-linked |
释义 | > as lemmasinflation-linked C1. General use in various types of compound (in sense 6a), as in inflation-adjusted, inflation-busting, inflation-linked, inflation rate, etc.ⓘ ΚΠ 1867 Daily Cleveland (Ohio) Herald 26 Aug. Meanwhile the people would be forced to pay inflation prices for every mouthful and every thread. 1874 Daily Tel. 16 Jan. 2/1 The general opinion of Americans here is that an inflation period is opening—that a ‘bull campaign’ is about to commence. 1974 Aiken (S. Carolina) Standard 22 Apr. 1- b/2 Each wage demand that is not balanced against productivity and each incident of price gouging motivated by greed help perpetuate the inflation cycle. 1985 Washington Post 15 June a1/3 The switch will be accompanied by the end of indexing of loans, bank accounts, and other financial contracts tied to the high inflation rate. 1995 Sat. Night (Toronto) June 22/3 In order to retire at sixty-five with a comfortable, inflation-adjusted lifetime pension of $30,000, a twenty-five year old needs to save $4,450 a year for forty years. 1998 E. Bignell Which? Way to save & Invest (ed. 10) xxiii. 357 An inflation-linked (index-linked) annuity is the type that provides the best protection against inflation, but pays the lowest starting income. 2013 City A.M. 28 Aug. 14/1 Interest rates will stay at present levels until unemployment drops below 7 per cent, so long as the Bank's inflation forecast does not top 2.5 per cent. 2015 Daily Mail 23 May 6/3 Welsh Assembly members are to enjoy inflation-busting pay rises. < as lemmas |
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