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RELATED WORDS : at any cost average cost borrowing cost capital cost carrying cost cost cost accountant cost accounting cost analysis cost cutting cost increase cost ledger cost of capital cost overrun differential cost distribution cost fixed cost free living gracious living handling cost incremental cost living living accommodations living arrangement living being living dead living death living granite living picture living quarters living rock living room living space living stone living substance living thing living trust living wage living will marginal cost marginal cost of production marketing cost operating cost opportunity cost production cost replacement cost reproduction cost standard of living unit cost

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Noun cost of living has 1 sense

• cost of living(n = noun.possession) Array - average cost of basic necessities of life (as food and shelter and clothing); "a rise in the cost of living reflects the rate of inflation"
is a kind of cost

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cost of living

budget, budget items, burden of expenditure, carrying charge, charges, consumer price index, cost, cost-of-living allowance, cost-of-living index, costs, direct costs, disbursals, distributed costs, expense, expense account, expenses, general expenses, indirect costs, labor costs, liabilities, material costs, operating costs, operating expense, overhead, prime cost, real wages, replacement cost, standard of comfort, standard of life, standard of living, swindle sheet, take-home, take-home pay, unit cost

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