inflation

(noun) a general and progressive increase in prices. Synonyms: rising prices. Examples: "In inflation everything gets more valuable except money."

(noun) (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang.

(noun) lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity. Synonyms: ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness.

(noun) the act of filling something with air.