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price index

 
 
noun [C]

Definition

ECONOMICS a measurement of the changes in the price of goods and services over a period of time: The latest UK house-price index was released on Tuesday.
→ See also consumer price index, cost of living index, retail price index
(Definition of price index noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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