a general and progressive increase in prices; in inflation everything gets more valuable except money

[ Syn: rising prices , rising prices ]

(cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang

lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

[ Syn: ostentation , ostentatiousness , pomposity , pompousness , pretentiousness , puffiness , splashiness ]

the act of filling something with air