retail price index
noun
Simple meaning
A measure of inflation based on the changing cost of a representative sample of retail goods and services.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈɹiteɪlpˈɹaɪˈsɪndɛks
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Definition
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noun
ukeconomics
A measure of inflation based on the changing cost of a representative sample of retail goods and services. Calculated on a slightly different basis to the Consumer Price Index.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: A measure of inflation based on the changing cost of a representative sample of retail goods and services. Calculated on a slightly different basis to the Consumer Price Index.
Used this way, retail price index is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It stays understated rather than dramatic. It turns up most in finance or economics contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Mild
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Finance/economics
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