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reflated

UK/ɹiːˈfleɪtɪd/

reflated is the simple past and past participle of reflate.

Meaning of reflate

Verb

reflate (third-person singular simple present reflates, present participle reflating, simple past and past participle reflated)

  1. To reinflate, to inflate again.
  2. To restore the general level of prices to a previous or desirable level.
    • Bassetto […] shows that the central bank can disallow deflationary solutions by imposing negative nominal interest rates as a way to reflate the economy by creating arbitrage opportunities.2020, Benigno, Pierpaolo, “A Central Bank Theory of Price Level Determination”, in American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, volume 12, number 3, →DOI, page 261 of 258-283

Words that rhyme with reflated

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Questions about reflated

What is reflated the simple past and past participle of?
Reflated is the simple past and past participle of reflate.
How do you pronounce reflated?
Reflated is pronounced /ɹiːˈfleɪtɪd/ (UK).

Words near reflated in the dictionary

  1. reflashed
  2. reflashes
  3. reflashing
  4. reflashings
  5. reflate
  6. reflated
  7. reflates
  8. reflating
  9. reflation
  10. reflationary
  11. reflationism

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