Usually means: Expenses necessary for everyday life.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. cost of living: Merriam-Webster
  2. cost of living: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cost of living: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cost of living: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cost of living: Vocabulary.com
  6. cost of living: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. cost-of-living, cost of living: Wiktionary
  8. cost of living: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. cost of living: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. cost-of-living, cost of living: Dictionary.com
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  12. cost of living: Rhymezone
  13. cost of living: FreeDictionary.org
  14. cost of living: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. cost-of-living, cost of living: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. cost of living: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. cost of living: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. cost-of-living, cost of living: Legal dictionary
  4. cost of living: Financial dictionary
  5. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cost-of-living, cost of living: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cost of living)

▸ noun:  The average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life, especially of food, shelter and clothing.

Similar:
subsistence, maintenance, livelihood, living wage, basic, base, standard fare, national average, going rate, unit price, more...

Opposite:
income, earnings, revenue, salary, wages

Phrases:
cost of living index, cost of living allowance, cost of living adjustment, cost of living benefit, the cost of living, more...

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Similar:
subsistence, maintenance, livelihood, living wage, basic, base, standard fare, national average, going rate, unit price, more...

Opposite:
income, earnings, revenue, salary, wages

Phrases:
cost of living index, cost of living allowance, cost of living adjustment, cost of living benefit, the cost of living, the cost of living index, UK cost of living crisis, more...



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