Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense reflates, present participle reflating, past tense, past participle reflated
verb
If a government tries to reflate its country's economy, it increases the amount of money that is available in order to encourage more economic activity.
[business]
The administration may try to reflate the economy next year. [VERB noun]
reflation (riːfleɪʃən)uncountable noun
Ministers are again talking about reflation and price controls.
reflate in British English
(riːˈfleɪt)
verb
to inflate or be inflated again
Word origin
C20: back formation from reflation
reflate in American English
(riˈfleɪt)
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: reˈflated or reˈflating
to bring about reflation in (an economy)
Examples of 'reflate' in a sentence
reflate
It didn't take much, I mused, either to deflate or reflate him.