"cost of living" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: costs of living [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|costs of living}} cost of living (plural costs of living)
  1. The average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life, especially of food, shelter and clothing. Wikipedia link: cost of living Categories (topical): Money Related terms: LCOL, MCOL, HCOL, VHCOL Translations (average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life): تكاليف المعيشَة (Arabic), 生活費用 (Chinese Mandarin), 生活费用 (shēnghuó fèiyong) (Chinese Mandarin), 生活費 (Chinese Mandarin), 生活费 (shēnghuófèi) (Chinese Mandarin), 生活成本 (shēnghuó chéngběn) (Chinese Mandarin), 消費 (Chinese Mandarin), 消费 (xiāofèi) (Chinese Mandarin), leveomkostninger [plural] (Danish), kosten van levensonderhoud [plural] (Dutch), kosten voor levensonderhoud [plural] (Dutch), levensduurte [feminine] (Dutch), vivokosto (Esperanto), elinkustannukset [plural] (Finnish), coût de la vie [masculine] (French), საარსებო მინიმუმი (saarsebo minimumi) (Georgian), ცხოვრების ხარჯი (cxovrebis xarǯi) (Georgian), საარსებო ხარჯი (saarsebo xarǯi) (Georgian), ცხოვრების სიძვირე (cxovrebis siʒvire) (Georgian), საარსებო ღირებულება (saarsebo ɣirebuleba) (Georgian), Lebenshaltungskosten [feminine, plural] (German), निर्वाह-व्यय (nirvāh-vyay) (Hindi), framfærslukostnaður [masculine] (Icelandic), costo della vita [masculine] (Italian), 生活費 (seikatsuhi) (alt: せいかつひ) (Japanese), 생활비 (saenghwalbi) (alt: 生活費) (Korean), couôtage d'la vie [masculine] (Norman), koszty utrzymania [masculine, plural] (Polish), custo de vida [masculine] (Portuguese), costul vieții [neuter] (Romanian), сто́имость жи́зни (stóimostʹ žízni) [feminine] (Russian), прожи́точный ми́нимум (prožítočnyj mínimum) [masculine] (Russian), costo de vida [masculine] (Spanish), gharama ya maisha (Swahili), geçim gideri (Turkish), yaşam maliyeti (Turkish), giá sinh hoạt (Vietnamese)

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    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "couôtage d'la vie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "koszty utrzymania"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "custo de vida"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "costul vieții"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stóimostʹ žízni",
      "sense": "average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сто́имость жи́зни"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prožítočnyj mínimum",
      "sense": "average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прожи́точный ми́нимум"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "costo de vida"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life",
      "word": "gharama ya maisha"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life",
      "word": "geçim gideri"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life",
      "word": "yaşam maliyeti"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life",
      "word": "giá sinh hoạt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cost of living"
}

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