cost of living pay rise

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• cost of living — noun average cost of basic necessities of life (as food and shelter and clothing) (Freq. 3) a rise in the cost of living reflects the rate of inflation • Hypernyms: ↑cost * * * noun, pl costs of living [count] : the amount of money that is… …   Useful english dictionary

• cost — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 money needed to buy sth ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, high ▪ The high cost of energy was a problem for consumers. ▪ enormous, exorbitant, huge, prohibitive …   Collocations dictionary

• cost — cost1 [ kɔst ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount the amount of money that is needed in order to buy, pay for, or do something: cost of: A rise in interest rates will increase the cost of borrowing. cover the cost of something (=be enough to pay for… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• cost */*/*/ — I UK [kɒst] / US [kɔst] noun Word forms cost : singular cost plural costs 1) [countable/uncountable] the amount of money that is needed in order to buy, pay for, or do something cost of: A rise in interest rates will increase the cost of… …   English dictionary

• rise — /raɪz/ noun 1. an increase ● A rise in the price of raw materials. ● Oil price rises brought about a recession in world trade. ● There has been a rise in sales of 10% or Sales show a rise of 10%. ● Salaries are increasing to keep up with the… …   Dictionary of banking and finance

• Standard of living in the People's Republic of China — Before 1949 the Chinese economy was characterized by widespread poverty, extreme income inequalities, and endemic insecurity of livelihood. Though it has been argued that in the Ming Qing Period the standards of living reached and stayed at a… …   Wikipedia

• Standard of living in Japan — In the postwar decades, Japanese consumers have benefited from the nation s economic growth, while in turn they have stimulated the economy through demand for sophisticated products, loyalty to domestically produced goods, and saving and pooling… …   Wikipedia

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• Baumol's cost disease — (also known as the Baumol Effect) is a phenomenon described by William J. Baumol and William G. Bowen in the 1960s. It involves a rise of salaries in jobs that have experienced no increase of labor productivity in response to rising salaries in… …   Wikipedia

• increase — noun / ɪnkri:s/ 1. an act of becoming larger ● There have been several increases in tax or tax increases in the last few years. ● There is an automatic 5% increase in price or price increase on January 1st. ● Profits showed a 10% increase or an… …   Dictionary of banking and finance

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