to inflate a price

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• Price Rigging — An illegal action performed by a group of conspiring businesses that occurs when the firms agree to artificially inflate prices in an attempt to recognize higher profits at the expense of the consumer. Price rigging can be found in any industry… …   Investment dictionary

• inflate — in‧flate [ɪnˈfleɪt] verb [intransitive, transitive] ECONOMICS if the cost or level of something inflates or is inflated, it increases, often above what is reasonable or normal: • Overseas sales were inflated by the depreciation of the yen. •… …   Financial and business terms

• Inflate — can refer to: * Inflation, or price inflation, is a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services over time * Monetary inflation is a rise in the quantity of money in an economy * Cosmic inflation, the theory relating to the expansion …   Wikipedia

• inflate — [[t]ɪnfle͟ɪt[/t]] inflates, inflating, inflated 1) V ERG If you inflate something such as a balloon or tyre, or if it inflates, it becomes bigger as it is filled with air or a gas. [V n] Stuart jumped into the sea and inflated the liferaft... Don …   English dictionary

• inflate — in|flate [ınˈfleıt] v [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of inflare, from flare to blow ] 1.) [I and T] to fill something with air or gas so it becomes larger, or to become filled with air or gas ▪ It took us half an hour to… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• inflate — UK [ɪnˈfleɪt] / US verb Word forms inflate : present tense I/you/we/they inflate he/she/it inflates present participle inflating past tense inflated past participle inflated 1) a) [transitive] to fill something with air or gas so that it becomes… …   English dictionary

• Price fixing cases — USAir TravelOn 1 August 2007 it was reported that British Airways has been fined £121.5 million [ cite news | title = BA gets £121.5m price fixing fine| publisher = BBC News | date = 8 January 2007 | url =… …   Wikipedia

• inflate — in|flate [ ın fleıt ] verb 1. ) transitive to fill something with air or gas so that it becomes the right shape and size for using: BLOW UP: The pump inflates the tires automatically. a ) intransitive to become inflated: It takes only a second… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Price Swap Derivative — An obligation made by one company to secure the declining value of another company s assets through the commitment of shares. Made famous by Enron, this method of backing a company s declining assets helps to inflate the value of a troubled… …   Investment dictionary

• inflate — in·flate || ɪn fleɪt v. expand; widen; fill with air or gas; swell; increase; cause inflation, raise price …   English contemporary dictionary

• inflate — [ɪnˈfleɪt] verb 1) [I/T] to fill something with air or gas, or to become full of air or gas Syn: blow sth up Ant: deflate 2) [T] to make a number or price higher than it should be inflated adj …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English