A sustained increase in the general price level of goods and services in an economy over a period of time, resulting in a decline in the purchasing power of money.

The act or process of inflating something, such as filling with air or gas, or causing to expand.

An abnormal accumulation of fluid in tissues or body cavities, causing swelling (medical context).

In cosmology, a hypothetical period of exponential expansion of the universe shortly after the Big Bang.