inflationary
adjective /ɪnˈfleɪʃənri/
/ɪnˈfleɪʃəneri/
[usually before noun]- causing or connected with a general rise in the prices of services and goods
- the inflationary effects of price rises
- Our economy is in an inflationary spiral of wage and price increases (= a continuing situation in which an increase in one causes an increase in the other).
- inflationary wage demands
Oxford Collocations DictionaryInflationary is used with these nouns:- boom
- effect
- expectation
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