inflationary
inflationary adjective: causing or liable to cause inflation.
Adjective
inflationary (comparative more inflationary, superlative most inflationary)
- Causing or liable to cause inflation.
- The rapid influx of precious metals from the new mines had an inflationary effect on the specie based economy.
- For the period through 1984, there is weak support for accelerationism, though the linear fit is mainly due to the disinflationary impact of high unemployment, which no one disputes, not the inflationary effects of prosperity.1998, James K. Galbraith, “Comments”, in Inflation, Unemployment, and Monetary Policy, page 66
- Antonyms:
- deflationary
- Of or relating to inflation.
inflationary meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Kannada
inflationary in Tamil
- பணவீக்கத்தை ஏற்படுத்தும்
inflationary in Bengali
- মুদ্রাস্ফীতি সংক্রান্ত, মুদ্রাস্ফীতি ঘটায় এমন
inflationary in Kannada
- ಹಣದುಬ್ಬರದ
Examples of inflationary in a sentence
- Per se, only inflationary levels should not bother long-term equity investors.
- In fact, an inflationary situation can be good for several sectors and companies.
- Some saw government insensitivity in the bandh and the beginning of the fight against inflationary trends.
Antonyms of inflationary
Forms of inflationary
| comparative | more inflationary |
|---|---|
| superlative | most inflationary |
Origin of inflationary
From inflation + -ary.
Words formed from inflationary
Phrases with inflationary
Questions about inflationary
- What does inflationary mean?
- Inflationary means causing or liable to cause inflation.
- What is inflationary in Tamil?
- Inflationary in Tamil is பணவீக்கத்தை ஏற்படுத்தும். See Inflationary meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is inflationary?
- Inflationary is an adjective.
Words near inflationary in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: inflationary (page history and authors); inflationary (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Inflationary (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inflationary (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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