inflater
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Noun[edit]
inflater (plural inflaters)
- Someone who inflates.
- A pump, canister or other source of pressurised gas used to inflate tires.
- (economics) A cause of inflation.
- 1864, The Bankers Magazine, volume 19, page 402:
- And the effect of such notes, as inflaters of the currency, would be less than the effect of greenbacks.