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cost of living en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (attributive, sometimes) The average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life, especially of food, shelter and clothing.
   • Labour's Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh said: "There is a cost-of-living crisis, and the Prime Minister blew nearly £1m of public money on an utterly infeasible vanity project. That's enough to fill 18,000 potholes. This shows the Tories' sheer disrespect for public money." 2022 February 9, “Network News: Prime Minister "blew nearly £1m" on Northern Ireland bridge study”, in RAIL, number 950, page 20:
   • Central to that vision will be the most ambitious agenda to tackle the cost-of-living crisis that this city has seen since the days of Fiorello La Guardia: an agenda that will freeze the rents for more than two million rent-stabilized tenants, make buses fast and free, and deliver universal child care across our city. 2025 November 5, Zohran Mamdani, “The Full Transcript of Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Speech”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
   • The Conservative leadership frontrunner, Liz Truss, has rejected “handouts” as a way of helping people affected by the cost of living crisis. 2022 August 6, Geneva Abdul, “Liz Truss rejects ‘handouts’ as way to tackle cost of living crisis”, in The Guardian:
   • But the demonstrators remained defiant, pouring into the streets by the thousands and venting their anger over political corruption, the high cost of living and huge public spending for the World Cup and the Olympics. 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

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Translations (51)

it carovita (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · be кошт жыцця́ (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · ja 生活費 (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · es costo de vida (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · nl kosten van levensonderhoud (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · sw gharama ya maisha (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · fr vie chère (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · ru сто́имость жи́зни (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · hi निर्वाह-व्यय (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · da omkostningsstigning (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · sv fördyring (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · ko 생활비 (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · it costo della vita (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · ro costul vieții (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · sv kostnadsfördyring (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · ka საარსებო ხარჯი (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · nrf couôtage d'la vie (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · tr geçim gideri (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · mi utu noho (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · ka საარსებო ღირებულება (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · pl koszty utrzymania (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · cmn 生活費 /生活费 (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · de Lebenshaltungskosten (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · nl levensduurte (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · da leveomkostninger (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · is framfærslukostnaður (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · ru прожи́точный ми́нимум (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · fr coût de la vie (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · nl kosten voor levensonderhoud (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · ar تكاليف المعيشَة (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · vi chi phí sinh hoạt (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · de Verteuerung (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · sv kostnadsökning (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · sv levnadskostnader (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · de Kostensteigerung (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · no kostnadsøkning (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · no levekostnader (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · it rincaro (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · pt custo de vida (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · ka საარსებო მინიმუმი (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · fi elinkustannukset (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · ca cost de la vida (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · tr yaşam maliyeti (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · ka ცხოვრების ხარჯი (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · az yaşayış xərci (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · cmn 消費 /消费 (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · eo vivokosto (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · ka ცხოვრების სიძვირე (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · be пражы́тачны мі́німум (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · cmn 生活成本 (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life) · cmn 生活費用 /生活费用 (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life)