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What (who) is Inflate - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Inflating; Inflates; Inflate
inflate
(inflates, inflating, inflated)
1.
If you inflate something such as a balloon or tyre, or if it inflates, it becomes bigger as it is filled with air or a gas.
Stuart jumped into the sea and inflated the liferaft...
Don's lifejacket had failed to inflate.
VERB: V n, V
2.
If you say that someone inflates the price of something, or that the price inflates, you mean that the price increases.
The promotion of a big release can inflate a film's final cost...
Clothing prices have not inflated as much as automobiles.
= increase
VERB: V n, V
• inflated
They had to buy everything at inflated prices at the ranch store.
ADJ
3.
If someone inflates the amount or effect of something, they say it is bigger, better, or more important than it really is, usually so that they can profit from it.
They inflated clients' medical treatment to defraud insurance companies...
VERB: V n
Inflate
·p.a. Blown in; inflated.
II. Inflate ·vt To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to inflate the currency.
inflate
Wikipedia
Inflation (disambiguation)
Inflation most commonly refers to a rise in the general price level over a period of time (also known as price inflation).
Inflation may also refer to:
Examples of use of Inflate
1. Such an expansion could only inflate prices and waste billions.
2. He denied militants were forcing villagers to inflate casualty numbers.
3. The frog continues to inflate, the ox remains indifferent.
4. While the initial change is small, the breasts gradually ‘inflate‘ over a six–month period.
5. Keane was all meat and potatoes; he didn‘t inflate expectations or waste Cheney‘s time.