CPI

/ˈsi ˈpi ˌaɪ/

Other forms: CPIS

Definitions of CPI

1. noun

   an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer
   synonyms: consumer price index, cost-of-living index

   type of:

   price index, price level

   an index that traces the relative changes in the price of an individual good (or a market basket of goods) over time
2. noun

   a self-report personality inventory originally derived from the MMPI; consists of several hundred yes-no questions and yields scores on a number of scales including dominance and self acceptance and self control and socialization and achievement etc.
   synonyms: California Personality Inventory

   type of:

   self-report inventory, self-report personality inventory

   a personality inventory in which a person is asked which of a list of traits and characteristics describe her or him or to indicate which behaviors and hypothetical choices he or she would make