the act of making wages, interest rates, etc, index-linked
indexation in American English
(ˌɪndɛkˈseɪʃən)
noun
the practice of indexing wages, interest rates, etc.
indexation in American English
(ˌindekˈseiʃən)
noun
Economics
the automatic adjustment of wages, taxes, pension benefits, interest rates, etc., according to changes in the cost of living or another economic indicator, esp. to compensate for inflation
Word origin
[index + -ation]-ation is used to form nouns from stems ending in -ate (separation) and, on this model, to form nouns from stems of other origin (starvation). Other words that use the affix -ation include: neutralization, pagination, polarization, sensitization, transportation
Examples of 'indexation' in a sentence
indexation
Investors with assets purchased before 1998 benefit from indexation allowance.
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Are there any exemptions - indexation or taper relief?
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However, not everyone will be a loser from the abolition of indexation allowance.
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Secondly, he applied indexation (later taper relief) to gains made after 1982.
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Public sector workers have been badly squeezed by indexation changes for benefits already accrued.
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Deferring adds 10% a year to that, plus indexation and any second state pension.
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The bad news is that both taper relief and indexation will be abolished.
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He is a high priest in arcane mysteries of indexation, regression and standard deviation.
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Indexation of new schemes could be their next worry.