index
noun [ C ]
uk/ˈɪndeks/ us FINANCE, ECONOMICS plural indices | indexes
a system that measures the present value of something when compared to its previous value or a fixed standard:
The house price index estimates the change in the value of the nation's housing stock.
a bond/share/stock index
an index of sth The fund tracks an index of the UK's top 350 UK shares.
plural indices
a sign or measure of something:
an index of sth Unemployment levels provide a useful index of the state of the economy.
plural indexes
an alphabetical list that shows you where information is found in a book, on a website, etc.:
a searcheable index
online indexes to articles and reports
plural indexes
a collection of information that is stored in alphabetical order:
I keep an index of all my clients' contact details.
See also
All-Share index
All-Stock index
average earnings index
benchmark index
Brand Development Index
card index
consumer confidence index
consumer price index
cost of living index
diffusion index
the Dodge index
the Eurostoxx 50 (Index)
FTSE 100
FTSE 250
FTSE All-Share Index
FTSE Eurotop 100 Index
FTSE Fledgling Index
FTSE SmallCap Index
Goldman Sachs Commodity Index
the Hang Seng (Index)
industrial output index
industrial sentiment index
the IPOX 100 Index
misery index
Nikkei index
price index
producer price index
Purchasing Managers' index
retail price index
Russell 2000 index
share index
stock index
sustainability index
Target Group Index
Thirty-Share Index
weighted index
wholesale price index
index
verb [ T, usually passive ]
uk/ˈɪndeks/ us FINANCE
to connect the value of a price or payment to the value of something else such as the rate of inflation:
be indexed to sth The pension is indexed to earnings.
The unions are demanding wage rises indexed to prices.
to provide a book or website with an index:
All content held in the site is fully indexed.