price index

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noun

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.

Origin of price index

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby price index

price control, price controls, price discrimination, price fixing, price gouging, price index, price is right, the, price leadership, price list, price on one's head, price out of the market