DEFLATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deflator mean? 

• DEFLATOR (noun)
  The noun DEFLATOR has 1 sense:

1. a statistical factor designed to remove the effect of inflation; inflation adjusted variables are in constant dollars

  Familiarity information: DEFLATOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEFLATOR (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)