Disinflation — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a reduction of prices intended to improve the balance of payments

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dɹˈaʊtinəs/

🇬🇧British English

/dˌɪsɪnflˈeɪʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dˌɪsɪnflˈeɪʃən/

4 syllables Say it as /dɹˈaʊtinəs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Antonyms

deflation inflation

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Desinflation

eine Preissenkung zur Verbesserung der Zahlungsbilanz

🇫🇷French

désinflation

une baisse des prix destinée à améliorer la balance des paiements

🇪🇸Spanish

desinflación

una reducción de precios destinada a mejorar la balanza de pagos

🇮🇹Italian

disinflazione

una riduzione dei prezzi intesa a migliorare la bilancia dei pagamenti

🇳🇱Dutch

desinflatie

een prijsverlaging bedoeld om de betalingsbalans te verbeteren

🇵🇹Portuguese

desinflação

uma redução de preços destinada a melhorar a balança de pagamentos

🇷🇺Russian

дезинфляция

снижение цен, направленное на улучшение платежного баланса

India

🇮🇳Hindi

विस्फीति

भुगतान संतुलन में सुधार के उद्देश्य से कीमतों में कमी

🇮🇳Tamil

பணவீக்கம்

கட்டணச் சமநிலையை மேம்படுத்தும் நோக்கில் விலைக் குறைப்பு

🇮🇳Telugu

ద్రవ్యోల్బణం

చెల్లింపుల బ్యాలెన్స్‌ని మెరుగుపరచడానికి ఉద్దేశించిన ధరల తగ్గింపు

🇮🇳Marathi

निर्मुलन

पेमेंट शिल्लक सुधारण्याच्या उद्देशाने किंमती कमी करणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

ડિસઇન્ફ્લેશન

ચૂકવણીના સંતુલનને સુધારવાના હેતુથી કિંમતોમાં ઘટાડો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಣದುಬ್ಬರ

ಪಾವತಿಗಳ ಸಮತೋಲನವನ್ನು ಸುಧಾರಿಸುವ ಉದ್ದೇಶದಿಂದ ಬೆಲೆಗಳ ಕಡಿತ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പണപ്പെരുപ്പം

പേയ്‌മെൻ്റ് ബാലൻസ് മെച്ചപ്പെടുത്താൻ ഉദ്ദേശിച്ചുള്ള വിലക്കുറവ്

🇵🇰Urdu

ڈس انفلیشن

قیمتوں میں کمی کا مقصد ادائیگیوں کے توازن کو بہتر بنانا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

通货紧缩

旨在改善国际收支平衡的降价

🇯🇵Japanese

ディスインフレ

国際収支改善を目的とした価格引き下げ

🇰🇷Korean

디스인플레이션

국제수지를 개선하기 위한 가격 인하

🇻🇳Vietnamese

giảm phát

giảm giá nhằm cải thiện cán cân thanh toán

🇹🇭Thai

เงินฝืด

การลดราคาที่มีจุดมุ่งหมายเพื่อปรับปรุงดุลการชำระเงิน

🇮🇩Indonesian

disinflasi

penurunan harga yang dimaksudkan untuk memperbaiki neraca pembayaran

🇲🇾Malay

disinflasi

pengurangan harga yang bertujuan untuk memperbaiki imbangan pembayaran

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تباطؤ التضخم

- تخفيض الأسعار بهدف تحسين ميزان المدفوعات

🇮🇷Persian

کاهش تورم

کاهش قیمت ها به منظور بهبود تراز پرداخت ها

🇹🇷Turkish

enflasyonun düşürülmesi

ödemeler dengesini iyileştirmek amacıyla fiyatların düşürülmesi

🇮🇱Hebrew

דיסאינפלציה

הפחתת מחירים שנועדה לשפר את מאזן התשלומים

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