DEFLATOR

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A statistical factor designed to remove the effect of inflation; inflation adjusted variables are in constant dollars

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("deflator" is a kind of...):

factor (any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together)

Derivation:

deflate (reduce or lessen the size or importance of)