| 单词 | retail price index |
| 释义 | > as lemmasretail price index retail price index n. (also retail prices index) an index showing the variation in prices of retail goods, typically used as a measure of inflation; cf. consumer price index n. at consumer n. Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [noun] > index of index1886 price index1886 retail price index1904 index figure1927 All Ords1958 Nikkei1982 1904 Bull. Bureau Labor Sept. 1176 The Bureau has..also established a retail price index for the purpose of ascertaining more accurately the extent of variation from year to year in the cost of living of workingman's families. 1935 J. H. Cover Retail Price Behavior 86 Though it appears that the median may be more satisfactory for a retail price index, the mean is more logical for a cost-of-living index. 1974 Times 28 Feb. 27 (caption) The domestic purchasing power of the pound, as measured by the retail prices index, is now only 40 per cent of what it was in 1952. 2001 I. McLean Rational Choice & Brit. Politics viii. 221 Each utility company was allowed to increase its prices each year by no more than the average increase in the Retail Price Index. < as lemmas |
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