COST-OF-LIVING ALLOWANCE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An allowance for changes in the consumer price index

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("cost-of-living allowance" is a kind of...):

adjustment; allowance (an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances)

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