Meaning ofinflationin English

Noun

1. general price level increase
   The country experienced high inflation last year.
2. increase in money quantity; devaluing existing money
   The central bank tries to control inflation by regulating money supply.
3. decline in money value
   Inflation caused the purchasing power of consumers to decrease.
4. expansion by gas or liquid injection
   The balloon expanded due to inflation with helium gas.
5. a rapid universe expansion (shortly after Big Bang)
   The concept of inflation in cosmology refers to the rapid expansion of the universe.