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consumer price index | Business English
consumer price index
noun[ C,usually singular ]
ukus(abbreviationCPI)
ECONOMICS
a list of the prices of basic goods and services, showing how they change in a particular period of time, as a way of measuring inflation:
The consumer price index hit a six-month high in October.
The consumer price index was up 3.4%.
See alsocost of living index
retail price index