price index

price index
noun
an index that traces the relative changes in the price of an individual good (or a market basket of goods) over time
• Syn: ↑price level
• Hypernyms: ↑index, ↑index number, ↑indicant, ↑indicator

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noun
1. or price relative : a price expressed as a percentage of itself in some arbitrarily chosen base period
2. : the weighted average of a group of price indexes used to indicate changes in the level of prices from one period to another

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an index of the changes in the prices of goods and services, based on the prices of the same goods and services at a period arbitrarily selected as a base, usually expressed as 100.
[1885-90]

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price index noun
An index number which relates current prices to those of a base period or base date, the latter usu being assigned the value of 100
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Main Entry: ↑price

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price index,
= consumer price index. (Cf. ↑consumer price index)

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ˈprice index [price index] noun

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