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Topic: NEWSPAPERS, PUBLISHING

index

2 verb
     
index2 [transitive] [usually passive]
1TCN if documents, information etc are indexed, an index is made for them:
The reports are indexed by subject and location.
2BEW to arrange for the level of wages, pensions etc to increase or decrease according to the level of prices
index to British English
demands that wages be indexed to the rise in prices
 index for American English
an amount indexed for inflation
—indexation noun [uncountable and countable]
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