cost-of-living index

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsconsumer price indexCPI

   Broaderprice index

Questions about cost-of-living index

What does cost-of-living index mean?

cost-of-living index means "an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer".

What is another word for cost-of-living index?

Close synonyms include consumer price index, CPI. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cost-of-living index a common word?