inflationary spiral of prices
1inflationary spiral — ☆ inflationary spiral n. a continuous and accelerating rise in the prices of goods and services, primarily due to the interaction of increases in wages and costs …
2inflationary spiral — noun an episode of inflation in which prices and wages increase at an increasing rate and currency rapidly loses value • Ant: ↑deflationary spiral • Hypernyms: ↑spiral * * * noun : a continuous rise in prices that is sustained by the tendency of… …
3inflationary spiral — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms inflationary spiral : singular inflationary spiral plural inflationary spirals economics an economic situation in which higher prices cause higher salaries, which in turn cause even higher prices …
4inflationary spiral — Synonyms and related words: big price tag, bottom price, business index, ceiling, ceiling price, consumer price index, cost of living index, demand curve, extortionate price, famine price, fancy price, floor, floor price, good price, high price,… …
5inflationary spiral — infla′tionary spi′ral n. bus a cycle of worsening inflation as higher prices result in higher wages, increasing costs and resulting in still higher prices • Etymology: 1930–35 …
6inflationary spiral — /ɪnˌfleɪʃənəri ˈspaɪrəl/ (say in.flayshuhnuhree spuyruhl) noun the situation in which increasing prices lead to increasing wages which lead to increasing prices, and so on …
7inflationary spiral — noun Date: 1931 a continuous rise in prices that is sustained by the tendency of wage increases and cost increases to react on each other …
8spiral — ▪ I. spiral spi‧ral 1 [ˈspaɪərəl ǁ ˈspaɪr ] noun [countable] a process, usually a harmful one, in which something continuously rises, falls, gets worse etc, often starting off slowly but gradually speeding up until it is out of control: • Sales… …
9spiral — spirality /spuy ral i tee/, n. spirally, adv. /spuy reuhl/, n., adj., v., spiraled, spiraling or (esp. Brit.) spiralled, spiralling. n. 1. Geom. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or… …
10spiral — [[t]spa͟ɪ͟ərəl[/t]] spirals, spiralling, spiralled (in AM, use spiraling, spiraled) 1) N COUNT A spiral is a shape which winds round and round, with each curve above or outside the previous one. ADJ GRADED: ADJ n Spiral is also an adjective. ...a …
