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COST-OF-LIVING ALLOWANCE
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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)