How to pronounce “deflation”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• An act or instance of deflating.
• (economics) A decrease in the general price level, that is, in the nominal cost of goods and services as well as wages.
• (economics, euphemistic) An economic contraction.
• (geology) The removal of soil and other loose material from the ground (or another surface) by wind, leaving it exposed to erosion.

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