indexation

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The automatic adjustment of an economic variable, such as wages, taxes, or pension benefits, to a cost-of-living index, so that the variable rises or falls in accordance with the rate of inflation.

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a system of economic regulation in which wages and interest are tied to the cost-of-living index in order to compenaste for the effects of inflation.

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the adjustment of an economic variable (such as a salary) according to an index (such as that of inflation)

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a system of economic regulation: wages and interest are tied to the cost-of-living index in order to reduce the effects of inflation