COST-OF-LIVING INDEX

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer

Synonyms:

consumer price index; cost-of-living index; CPI

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("cost-of-living index" is a kind of...):

price index; price level (an index that traces the relative changes in the price of an individual good (or a market basket of goods) over time)

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