adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
inflated (= higher than is usual or reasonable )
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People seem willing to pay inflated prices for houses in central London.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
price
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Fans are prepared to pay inflated prices for the Mugler style.
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Here items in short supply are sold at inflated prices - but still generally lower than on the black market.
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Collectors throughout the world seek out examples of the ware and pay highly inflated prices .
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The other four men arrested were accused of selling art objects to Itoman at inflated prices founded upon forged valuation certificates.
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My father had bought the farm at an auction, at what turned out to be an inflated price .
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High-ranking officers were only too willing to pay vastly inflated prices for a little judicious alteration and improvement to their standard uniforms.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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All this attention has given Carla an inflated opinion of herself.
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an inflated budget estimate