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Cost-of-living index   /kɑst-əv-lˈɪvɪŋ ˈɪndɛks/   Listen
Cost-of-living index

noun
1.
An index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer.  Synonyms: consumer price index, CPI.






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"Cost-of-living index" Quotes from Famous Books



... increase over 1 cent a pound; cheese, in addition to the increase of 4 cents now planned for the latter part of this month, will go up an additional 8 cents. In terms of percentages we may find the cost-of-living index for food increased by more than 8 percent, which in turn would result in more than a 3-percent increase in the cost ...
— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various



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