inflation — /ɪn fleɪʃ(ə)n/ noun a greater increase in the supply of money or credit than in the production of goods and services, resulting in higher prices and a fall in the purchasing power of money ● to take measures to reduce inflation ● High interest… … Dictionary of banking and finance
inflation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ high, massive ▪ low, moderate ▪ zero ▪ galloping (esp. BrE), raging (esp. BrE) … Collocations dictionary
inflation — Spain has had on the whole a high inflation economy both before, during and after the period of rapid development of 1960–74, and it was only in the 1990s that the monetary authorities at last appeared to be on top of the problem. Already… … Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture
spiralling — Ⅰ. spiral UK US /ˈspaɪərəl/ noun [C] ► a situation in which prices, levels, rates, etc. go down, or in which a situation gets worse and is difficult to control because one bad event causes another: a spiral of sth »The world s two biggest… … Financial and business terms
spiralling — adj. Spiralling/spiraling is used with these nouns: ↑cost, ↑inflation … Collocations dictionary
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spiral — / spaɪrəl/ noun something which twists round and round getting higher all the time ■ verb to twist round and round, getting higher all the time ● a period of spiralling prices ♦ spiralling inflation inflation where price rises make employees ask… … Dictionary of banking and finance
Canadian federal election, 1974 — Infobox Election election name = Canadian federal election, 1974 country = Canada type = parliamentary ongoing =no party colour = previous election = Canadian federal election, 1972 previous year = 1972 next election = Canadian federal election,… … Wikipedia
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National Library for the Blind — The National Library for the Blind (NLB) was a public library in the United Kingdom, founded 1882, which aimed to ensure that people with sight problems have the same access to library services as sighted people. NLB was taken over by RNIB on 1… … Wikipedia