double digit inflation
1double-digit inflation — ➔ inflation * * * double digit inflation UK US noun [U] ECONOMICS ► an increase in prices at a rate of between 10% and 99%: »If the pound continues to devalue, economists forecast that we will experience double digit inflation by the end of the… …
2double-digit — ˌdouble ˈdigit adjective [only before a noun] relating to numbers between 10 and 99: • Few economists expect a return to the double digit inflation and interest rates seen at the end of the 1980s. • double digit growth in the Chinese market * * * …
3double-digit — adj [only before noun] especially AmE relating to the numbers 10 to 99 British Equivalent: double figure ▪ double digit inflation …
4double-digit — [dub′əldij΄it] adj. amounting to ten percent or more [double digit inflation] …
5double digit — single/double/triple, etc. digit ► used to say whether a number is between 1 and 9, between 10 and 99, between 101 and 999, etc.: »He forecast that double digit inflation would return. »single digit, etc. losses/gains in single/double, etc.… …
6double-digit — ¦ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : of 10 percent or more double digit inflation double digit price increases * * * ˌdouble ˈdigit ; adjective (NAmE …
7double-digit — ADJ: ADJ n A double digit number is between 10 and 99. Australia had 15 years of double digit inflation. ...a double digit increase in profits …
8double-digit — adjective Date: 1959 amounting to 10 percent or more < double digit inflation > < double digit price increases > …
9double-digit — adjective AmE related to the numbers 10 to 99, especially as a percentage: double digit inflation see also: double figures …
10double-digit — dou′ble dig′it adj. cvb of a percentage amounting to ten or more: double digit inflation[/ex] • Etymology: 1970–75 …
