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consumer price index

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A statistical estimate of the level of prices of goods and services bought for consumption purposes by households.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: economics, sciences

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: CPI, cost-of-living index

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: price index, price level

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Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: istehlakçı qiymət indeksi — statistical estimate of the level of prices
  • Chinese Mandarin: 消費者物價指數 /消费者物价指数 (xiāofèizhě wùjià zhǐshù) — statistical estimate of the level of prices
  • Chinese Mandarin: 消費價格指數 /消费价格指数 (xiāofèi jiàgé zhǐshù) — statistical estimate of the level of prices
  • Chinese Mandarin: 居民消費價格指數 /居民消费价格指数 (jūmín xiāofèi jiàgé zhǐshù) — statistical estimate of the level of prices
  • Czech: index spotřebitelských cen — statistical estimate of the level of prices
  • Dutch: consumentenprijsindex — statistical estimate of the level of prices
  • Finnish: kuluttajahintaindeksi — statistical estimate of the level of prices
  • French: indice des prix à la consommation — statistical estimate of the level of prices
  • German: Lebenshaltungskostenindex — statistical estimate of the level of prices
  • German: Verbraucherpreisindex — statistical estimate of the level of prices
  • Hungarian: fogyasztói árindex — statistical estimate of the level of prices
  • Indonesian: indeks harga konsumen — statistical estimate of the level of prices
  • Italian: indice prezzi al consumo — statistical estimate of the level of prices
  • Japanese: 消費者物価指数 (shōhisha bukka shisū) — statistical estimate of the level of prices
  • Malay: indeks harga pengguna — statistical estimate of the level of prices
  • Norwegian Bokmål: konsumprisindeks — statistical estimate of the level of prices
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: konsumprisindeks — statistical estimate of the level of prices
  • Polish: wskaźnik cen towarów i usług konsumpcyjnych — statistical estimate of the level of prices
  • Russian: и́ндекс потреби́тельских цен (índeks potrebítelʹskix cen) — statistical estimate of the level of prices
  • Spanish: índice de precios al consumo — statistical estimate of the level of prices
  • Swedish: konsumentprisindex — statistical estimate of the level of prices
  • Ukrainian: і́ндекс спожи́вчих цін (índeks spožývčyx cin) — statistical estimate of the level of prices
  • Vietnamese: chỉ số giá tiêu dùng — statistical estimate of the level of prices