Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
associated with or tending to cause decreases in consumer prices or increases in the purchasing power of money;
- Example: "deflationary measures"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
deflationary \deflationary\ adj.
1. of or pertaining to deflation; as, deflationary signs.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. (Economics) associated with or tending to cause decreases
in consumer prices or increases in the purchasing power of
money; as, deflationary measures. Opposite of
inflationary.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
deflationary
adj 1: associated with or tending to cause decreases in consumer
prices or increases in the purchasing power of money;
"deflationary measures" [ant: inflationary]