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DEFLATOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A statistical factor designed to remove the effect of inflation; inflation adjusted variables are in constant dollars
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("deflator" is a kind of...):
factor (any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together)
Derivation:
deflate (reduce or lessen the size or importance of)