Two Meanings of "Index"/"Indexing" Not in OED

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Mon Jul 18 19:37:37 UTC 2011


Two meanings of "index" (verb) and "indexing" that are not in OED are the following:

Adjusting wages, benefits, etc. to compensate for inflation.

Investing funds to mirror an index of securities.

Fred Shapiro

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