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Webster 1913 Edition


Inflater

In-flat′er

,
Noun.
One who, or that which, inflates;
as, the
inflaters
of the stock exchange
.

Definition 2024


inflater

inflater

English

Noun

inflater (plural inflaters)

  1. Someone who inflates.
  2. A pump used to inflate tires.
  3. (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.