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DEFLATIONARY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Associated with or tending to cause decreases in consumer prices or increases in the purchasing power of money
Example:
deflationary measures
Classified under:
Domain category:
economic science; economics; political economy (the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management)
Antonym:
inflationary (associated with or tending to cause increases in inflation)
Derivation:
deflation (a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices)
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