| DEFLATE | • deflate v. (Transitive) To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre. • deflate v. (Transitive) To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink. • deflate v. (Transitive, economics) To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices. |
| DEFLATED | • deflated v. Simple past tense and past participle of deflate. • DEFLATE v. to release the air or gas from. |
| DEFLATER | • deflater n. Alternative form of deflator. • DEFLATER n. something that deflates, also DEFLATOR. |
| DEFLATERS | • deflaters n. Plural of deflater. • DEFLATER n. something that deflates, also DEFLATOR. |
| DEFLATES | • deflates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deflate. • DEFLATE v. to release the air or gas from. |
| DEFLATING | • deflating v. Present participle of deflate. • DEFLATE v. to release the air or gas from. |
| DEFLATION | • deflation n. An act or instance of deflating. • deflation n. (Economics) A decrease in the general price level, that is, in the nominal cost of goods and services… • deflation n. (Economics, euphemistic) An economic contraction. |
| DEFLATIONARY | • deflationary adj. Associated with or tending to cause deflation. • deflationary adj. (Philosophy, logic) Belonging or relating to a family of theories claiming that assertions that predicate… • DEFLATIONARY adj. relating to deflation. |
| DEFLATIONIST | • deflationist n. A supporter of deflationism. • DEFLATIONIST n. someone who favours deflation of currency. |
| DEFLATIONISTS | • deflationists n. Plural of deflationist. • DEFLATIONIST n. someone who favours deflation of currency. |
| DEFLATIONS | • deflations n. Plural of deflation. • DEFLATION n. the act of deflating. |
| DEFLATOR | • deflator n. That which deflates. • deflator n. (Economics) A factor applied to economic statistics in order to counter the effect of inflation. • DEFLATOR n. something that deflates, also DEFLATER. |
| DEFLATORS | • deflators n. Plural of deflator. • DEFLATOR n. something that deflates, also DEFLATER. |