Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
retail price index — retail price .index n abbreviation RPI the retail price index a list of certain goods and services and how much their prices change each month … Dictionary of contemporary English
Retail Price Index — The measure of the rate of inflation in the United Kingdom, the Retail Price Index calculates the cost of buying a standard basket of goods and expresses this as a percentage of the base year index. For example, when the base year is 100 and the… … Financial and business terms
retail price index — /ˌri:teɪl praɪs ˌɪndeks/, retail prices index /ˌri:teɪl praɪsɪz ˌɪndeks/ noun an index which shows how prices of consumer goods have increased or decreased over a period of time. Abbreviation RPI COMMENT: In the UK, the RPI is calculated on a… … Dictionary of banking and finance
index — A specialized average. Stock indexes may be calculated by establishing a base against which the current value of the stocks, commodities, bonds, etc., will change; for example, the S&P 500 index uses the 1941 1943 market value of the 500 stocks… … Financial and business terms
RPI — is an abbreviation for a number of terms, including:* Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a technological university in Troy, New York * Ratings Percentage Index, the NCAA ranking system (most well known for its use in basketball) * Recognition… … Wikipedia
RPI — abbreviation retail price index … English new terms dictionary
RPI — Abbreviation for Retail Price Index … Accounting dictionary
RPI — Abbreviation for Retail Price Index … Big dictionary of business and management
RPI — abbreviation retail price index … Dictionary of banking and finance
RPI — See Retail Price Index. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein financial glossary Retail Prices Index (RPI) An inflationary indicator that measures the prices of a representative sample of household goods and services. It is a general indicator which is… … Financial and business terms
