Search Result for "deflationary": 
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]