The automatic adjustment of an economic variable, such as wages, taxes, or pension benefits, to a cost-of-living index, so that the variable rises or falls in accordance with the rate of inflation.

• 指数化一种自动调控方法，把一些经济变量，例如工资、税收或养老金做成生活成本指数，使这些变量随着通货膨胀率的增减而上升或下降