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in-FLAYSH-uh-nree/ɪnˈfleɪʃənri/

Inflationary means causing, or relating to, a general rise in prices: inflationary pressure, an inflationary budget. Inflation is the related noun; a “cost-of-living” caption does not index a stipend without a minute.

Meaning

Causing a general rise in prices, or relating to that rise.

Examples

• “An inflationary crest price is not a methods budget.”
• “An inflationary caption on the poster does not index the invigilator stipend.”
• “Expansionary is the policy twin. Price-raising is the blunt twin. A caption is comms. A minute with a percentage is a file. Vote the uplift; then print the poster if it still matches the spine.”

Good to know

Causing or relating to rising prices. A caption ≠ an indexed stipend.

Near in meaning

expansionary, price-raising

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