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Definition of Reflate

1. Verb. Economics: experience reflation. "The economy reflated after the Fed took extreme measures"

2. Verb. Economics: raise demand, expand the money supply, or raise prices, after a period of deflation. "These measures reflated the economy"

3. Verb. Inflate again. "Reflate the balloon"

4. Verb. Become inflated again.

Definition of Reflate

1. Verb. To reinflate, to inflate again. ¹

2. Verb. (economics) To restore the general level of prices to a previous or desirable level. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reflate

1. to inflate again [v -FLATED, -FLATING, -FLATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reflate

refixes refixing refl reflag reflagged reflagging reflags reflame reflamed reflames

reflaming reflash reflashed reflashes reflashing reflate (current term) reflated reflates reflating reflation

reflationary reflations reflect reflect on reflect upon reflectance reflectances reflectancies reflectancy reflected

Literary usage of Reflate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie (1887)
"'"Ins o/ court, and to set aside certain '"'Mis have the power to reflate the '«ras /or civil and crim.nal business, ..."

2. Citizenship Sovereignty by John Stephen Wright, John Holmes Agnew (1863)
"Then comes in the prerogative of the Sovereignty to regulate the rights in property, and their Laws reflate mode of transfer. In all these respects our ..."

3. Privacy in a Fishbowl by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1995)
"There is no visible way to reflate the economy. ... THERE IS NO WAY UNDER THE SUN THE GOVERNMENT CAN NOW REPLAY THE GAMES AND reflate THE ECONOMY. ..."

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