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purchasing power parity

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A theory of long-term equilibrium exchange rates based on relative price levels of two countries.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: economics, sciences

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39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: koopkragpariteit — long-term equilibrium
  • Armenian: գնողունակության համարժեքություն (gnoġunakutʻyan hamaržekʻutʻyun) — long-term equilibrium
  • Azerbaijani: alıcılıq qabiliyyəti pariteti — long-term equilibrium
  • Bashkir: һатып алыу мөмкинлеге паритеты (hatıp alıw mömkinlege paritetı) — long-term equilibrium
  • Bengali: ক্রয়ক্ষমতা সমতা (kroẏokkhomota śomota) — long-term equilibrium
  • Burmese: ဝယ်ယူနိုင်စွမ်းအား ကွာခြားမှုနှုန် (waiyunuingcwam:a: kwahkra:hmu.hnun) — long-term equilibrium
  • Chinese Mandarin: 購買力平價 /购买力平价 (gòumǎilì píngjià) — long-term equilibrium
  • Finnish: ostovoimapariteetti — long-term equilibrium
  • French: parité de pouvoir d'achat — long-term equilibrium
  • Georgian: მსყიდველობითი უნარის პარიტეტი (msq̇idvelobiti unaris ṗariṭeṭi) — long-term equilibrium
  • German: Kaufkraftparität — long-term equilibrium
  • Greek: ισοτιμία αγοραστικής δύναμης (isotimía agorastikís dýnamis) — long-term equilibrium
  • Hungarian: vásárlóerő-paritás — long-term equilibrium
  • Italian: parità di potere d'acquisto — long-term equilibrium
  • Japanese: 購買力平価 (kōbairyoku heika) — long-term equilibrium
  • Kazakh: аларман қабілет тепетендігі (alarman qabılet tepetendıgı) — long-term equilibrium
  • Korean: 구매력 평가 (gumaeryeok pyeongga) — long-term equilibrium
  • Northern Kurdish: parîteya hêza kirînê — long-term equilibrium
  • Latin: paritas pecuniae virium — long-term equilibrium
  • Latin: par acquirendi potestas — long-term equilibrium
  • Latin: paritas emptionis potestatis — long-term equilibrium
  • Malay: pariti kuasa beli — long-term equilibrium
  • Persian: برابری قدرت خرید — long-term equilibrium
  • Polish: parytet siły nabywczej — long-term equilibrium
  • Portuguese: paridade do poder de compra — long-term equilibrium
  • Punjabi: مساوی قوت خرید (msāvī qot xred) — long-term equilibrium
  • Russian: паритет покупательной способности (paritet pokupatelʹnoj sposobnosti) — long-term equilibrium
  • Scots: purchasin pouer parity — long-term equilibrium
  • Scottish Gaelic: co-ionnannachd comais-cheannachd — long-term equilibrium
  • Sinhalese: ක්රය ශක්ති සාම්යය (kraya śakti sāmyaya) — long-term equilibrium
  • Spanish: paridad del poder adquisitivo — long-term equilibrium
  • Spanish: paridad de poderío adquisitivo — long-term equilibrium
  • Swedish: köpkraftsparitet — long-term equilibrium
  • Swedish: köpkraftsjustering — long-term equilibrium
  • Tamil: கொள்வனவு ஆற்றல் சமநிலை (koḷvaṉavu āṟṟal camanilai) — long-term equilibrium
  • Thai: ภาวะเสมอภาคของอํานาจซื้อ — long-term equilibrium
  • Turkish: satın alma gücü paritesi — long-term equilibrium
  • Vietnamese: sức mua tương đương — long-term equilibrium
  • Welsh: paredd gallu prynu — long-term equilibrium