bring inflation under control

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• under control — ► if a situation is under control, it is being dealt with successfully and is unlikely to create any problems: bring/get/keep sth under control »The Fed would likely raise rates gradually to keep inflation under control. → See also BUDGETARY… …   Financial and business terms

• control — con|trol1 W1S1 [kənˈtrəul US ˈtroul] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(make somebody/something do what you want)¦ 2¦(power)¦ 3¦(way of limiting something)¦ 4¦(ability to stay calm)¦ 5¦(machine/vehicle)¦ 6¦(people who organize activity)¦ 7¦(scientific test)¦… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• control — 1 noun 1 MAKE SB/STH DO WHAT YOU WANT (U) the ability or power to make someone or something do what you want: Generally your driving s OK, but your clutch control isn t very good. (+ of/over): Babies are born with very little control over their… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Whip inflation now — ( WIN ) was an attempt to spur a grassroots movement to combat inflation, by encouraging personal savings and disciplined spending habits in combination with public measures, urged by U.S. President Gerald Ford. People who supported the mandatory …   Wikipedia

• inflation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ high, massive ▪ low, moderate ▪ zero ▪ galloping (esp. BrE), raging (esp. BrE) …   Collocations dictionary

• control — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 power over sb/sth ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, complete, full, total ▪ effective, proper (esp. BrE) ▪ close …   Collocations dictionary

• inflation —    Spain has had on the whole a high inflation economy both before, during and after the period of rapid development of 1960–74, and it was only in the 1990s that the monetary authorities at last appeared to be on top of the problem. Already… …   Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture

• control — /kən trəυl/ noun 1. the power or ability to direct something ● The company is under the control of three shareholders. ♦ to lose control of a business to find that you have less than 50% of the shares in a company, and so are not longer able to… …   Marketing dictionary in english

• control — /kən trəυl/ noun 1. the power or ability to direct something ● The company is under the control of three shareholders. ● Top management exercises tight control over spending. ♦ to gain control of a business to buy more than 50% of the shares so… …   Dictionary of banking and finance

• Economic history of the People's Republic of China — Throughout most of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as during much of earlier Chinese history, the economy was barely able to meet the basic needs of the country s huge population the largest in the world. In normal years the economy… …   Wikipedia

• Croatia — /kroh ay sheuh, shee euh/, n. a republic in SE Europe: includes the historical regions of Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia; formerly a part of Yugoslavia. 5,026,995, 21,835 sq. mi. (56,555 sq. km) Cap.: Zagreb. Serbo Croatian, Hrvatska. * * *… …   Universalium