WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
price′ in′dex,
- Economics, Businessan index of the changes in the prices of goods and services, based on the prices of the same goods and services at a period arbitrarily selected as a base, usually expressed as 100.
- 1885–90
'price index' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
economic indicator
- index futures
- retail price index
- RPI
- TPI
- wholesale price index
- consumer price index
- cost-of-living index
- CPI
- index
- PPI
- WPI