{
    "term": "inflation",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a fall in the value of money and a general increase in prices; the rate at which this happens",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the fight against **rising inflation**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **control/curb inflation**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **reduce/bring down** inflation"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a high/low **rate of inflation**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an **inflation rate** of 3%"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Wage increases must be **in line with inflation**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Inflation is currently running at 3%."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**rapid/runaway/galloping inflation**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The annual rate of inflation fell to 1%."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Inflation is down to its lowest level in three years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Inflation reached a monthly rate of 5%."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is vital that inflation is kept in check."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Wages are not keeping pace with inflation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a drop in inflation to 2.4%"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an increase in inflation to 3.5%"
                },
                {
                    "text": "policies to beat inflation"
                },
                {
                    "text": "savings eroded by inflation"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bank is introducing new measures to curb inflation"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What can be done to bring down inflation?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a general rise in the level of something that is awarded",
            "labels": "(disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the gross inflation of executive salaries"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the act or process of filling something with air or gas",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "life jackets with an automatic inflation device"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈfleɪʃn/",
                "audio": "in/inflation/inflation__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈfleɪʃn/",
                "audio": "in/inflation/inflation__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘the condition of being inflated with a gas’): from Latin inflatio(n-), from inflare ‘blow in to’, from in- ‘into’ + flare ‘to blow’. Sense (1) dates from the mid 19th cent."
}