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singular nounThe cost of living is the average amount of money that people in a particular place need in order to be able to afford basic food, housing, and clothing. The cost of living has increased dramatically. Companies are moving jobs to towns with a lower cost of living. cost of living in British Englishnoun1. a. the basic cost of the food, clothing, shelter, and fuel necessary to maintain life, esp at a standard regarded as basic or minimal b. (as modifier) the cost-of-living index 2. the average expenditure of a person or family in a given period cost of living in American English the average cost of the necessities of life, such as food, shelter, clothes and medical expenses Examples of 'cost of living' in a sentencecost of living I was only on the basic rate during training, but look at all these extras: cost of living allowance! In other languagescost of living British English: cost of living / kɒst əv ˈlɪvɪŋ/ NOUN The cost of living is the average amount of money that people need to spend on food, housing, and clothing. The cost of living has increased dramatically. - American English: cost of living
- Arabic: تَكْلِفَةُ الـمَعِيشَة
- Brazilian Portuguese: custo de vida
- Chinese: 生活费用
- Croatian: cijena življenja
- Czech: životní náklady
- Danish: leveomkostninger
- Dutch: kosten van levensonderhoud
- European Spanish: coste de la vida
- Finnish: elinkustannukset
- French: coût de la vie
- German: Lebenshaltungskosten
- Greek: κόστος ζωής
- Italian: costo della vita
- Japanese: 生活費
- Korean: 생활비
- Norwegian: levekostnader
- Polish: koszty utrzymania
- European Portuguese: custo de vida
- Romanian: cheltuielile de trai
- Russian: стоимость жизни
- Latin American Spanish: costo de vida
- Swedish: levnadskostnader
- Thai: ค่าครองชีพ
- Turkish: hayat pahalılığı
- Ukrainian: прожитковий рівень
- Vietnamese: chi phí sinh hoạt
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