- cost-of-living index
- noun Date: 1913 consumer price index
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
cost-of-living index
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cost-of-living index — noun an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer • Syn: ↑consumer price index, ↑CPI • Hypernyms: ↑price index, ↑price level … Useful english dictionary
