inflation

The act of inflating or the state of being inflated.

A persistent increase in the level of consumer prices or a persistent decline in the purchasing power of money.

The rate at which this increase occurs, expressed as a percentage over a period of time, usually a year.

The act of inflating or distending with air or gas.

The state of being inflated or distended; distention: as, the inflation of the lungs.

Undue expansion or elevation; increase beyond the proper or just amount or value: as, inflation of trade, currency, or prices; inflation of stocks (that is, of the price of stocks).

The state of being puffed up; turgidness; pretentiousness; conceit: as, inflation of style or manner.

The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement.

The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit; vanity.