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retail price index

noun [S]
 
(abbreviation RPI) UK

Definition

a measurement of the changes in the cost of basic goods and services → Compare consumer price indexCosts and expensesEconomics and the state of the economy
(Definition of retail price index noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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