Definition of cost-of-living index in US English:
cost-of-living index
(also CLI)
nounˌkästəvˈliviNG inˌdeks
former term for consumer price index
Example sentencesExamples
- Billions of dollars are at stake, and large political constituencies influence and are influenced by choices of indices such as a cost-of-living index.
- The formula is driven by monthly data from the cost-of-living index.
- The cost-of-living index hit a record 623% in January this year, but has since fallen 371%.
- Therefore, Table 2 contains additional versions employing a state cost-of-living index.
- The first is its challenge to the view that a cost-of-living index should be the concept underlying the Consumer Price Index.