cheapflation

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|economics|informal|neologism}} The practice of decreasing the main ingredient of a [[product]] or replacing it altogether with a less costly one but continuing to [[market]] it at the same [[price]] and [[size]].
2. {{lb|en|economics|neologism}} An experience of [[inflation]] in which the prices of low-cost goods increase faster than those of higher priced goods in the same category.

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