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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Money matters #93173 01/24/2003 2:19 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky I came across a word in my Chambers dictionary that struck me as odd: reflation. The def. is: "n increase in the amount of currency, economic activity, etc. after deflation; a general increase, above what would normally be expected, in the spending of money. --vt (back-formation from n) reflate. --adj reflationary" Is this a term used in Britain? I don't recall hearing of it before. It makes perfect sense, which is no doubt why it struck me as odd. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Money matters, unfortunately #93174 01/24/2003 2:33 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont what's inflation then? can you have re-inflation? formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Money matters, unfortunately #93175 01/24/2003 10:15 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 Yes, Jackie - the word is common over here (on the financial pages, at least!) It is, to some extent, a compound of inflate and re-inflate, but inflation has a bad (ish) connotation - that the money supply is getting out of hand (not in the Rhubarb patch, it ain't !! ) whereas reflation has the connotation of things returning to normality, stability or whatever. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Money matters, unfortunately #93176 01/24/2003 1:54 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Thank you. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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