'cost of living' definitions:
Definition of 'cost of living'
(from WordNet)
noun
Average cost of basic necessities of life (as food and shelter and clothing); "a rise in the cost of living reflects the rate of inflation"
Synonyms of 'cost of living'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- budget,
- budget items,
- burden of expenditure,
- carrying charge,
- charges,
- consumer price index,
- cost,
- cost-of-living allowance,
- cost-of-living index,
- costs,
- direct costs,
- disbursals,
- distributed costs,
- expense,
- expense account,
- expenses,
- general expenses,
- indirect costs,
- labor costs,
- liabilities,
- material costs,
- operating costs,
- operating expense,
- overhead,
- prime cost,
- real wages,
- replacement cost,
- standard of comfort,
- standard of life,
- standard of living,
- swindle sheet,
- take-home,
- take-home pay,
- unit cost