COST-OF-LIVING INDEX

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does cost-of-living index mean? 

• COST-OF-LIVING INDEX (noun)
  The noun COST-OF-LIVING INDEX has 1 sense:

1. an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer

  Familiarity information: COST-OF-LIVING INDEX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COST-OF-LIVING INDEX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

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

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)