Search Result for "cost of living":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. average cost of basic necessities of life (as food and shelter and clothing);
- Example: "a rise in the cost of living reflects the rate of inflation"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cost of living
    n 1: 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"