living+(noun)

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• living standard — noun : standard of living to provide a minimum living standard for our 150 million people M.S.Eccles * * * living standard, = standard of living. (Cf. ↑standard of living) * * * noun, pl ⋯ dards [count] : ↑standard of living usually plural …   Useful english dictionary

• living — ► NOUN 1) the action of leading one s life; being alive. 2) an income sufficient to live on, or the means of earning it. ► ADJECTIVE 1) alive. 2) (of a language) still spoken and used. 3) for or related to daily life: living quarters …   English terms dictionary

• living — liv‧ing [ˈlɪvɪŋ] noun [singular] the way in which you earn money in order to live, or the money that you earn: • It is becoming more and more difficult just to earn a living. • He was able to make a living as an actor. • I don t know what he does …   Financial and business terms

• living wage — ➔ wage * * * living wage UK US noun [S] ► money you earn from your job that is enough to pay for the things you need to live, such as food and a home: »Many people are forced to take on two jobs to earn a living wage. »Leading firms have been… …   Financial and business terms

• living room — noun a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax (Freq. 12) • Syn: ↑living room, ↑sitting room, ↑front room, ↑parlor, ↑parlour • Hypernyms: ↑room …   Useful english dictionary

• living-wage — UK US noun [S] ► money you earn from your job that is enough to pay for the things you need to live, such as food and a home: »Many people are forced to take on two jobs to earn a living wage. »Leading firms have been criticized for failing to… …   Financial and business terms

• living will — noun a document written by someone still legally capable requesting that he should be allowed to die if subsequently severely disabled or suffering terminal illness after he discovered he had AIDS he drew up a living will • Topics: ↑law,… …   Useful english dictionary

• living — adj Living, alive, animate, animated, vital mean endowed with or manifesting life. In their primary senses where life means that character or quality which is peculiar to things that are capable of growth, reproduction, and, often, motion and… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• living wage — noun a wage sufficient for a worker and family to subsist comfortably • Hypernyms: ↑wage, ↑pay, ↑earnings, ↑remuneration, ↑salary * * * noun [singular] : an amount of money you are paid for a job that is large enough to provide you with the basic …   Useful english dictionary

• living fossil — noun : an animal or plant (as the king crab or the gingko tree) that has remained essentially unchanged from earlier geologic times and whose near relatives are usually extinct compare relict * * * an organism that is a living example of an… …   Useful english dictionary

• living quarters — noun housing available for people to live in he found quarters for his family I visited his bachelor quarters • Syn: ↑quarters • Derivationally related forms: ↑quarter (for: ↑quarters) …   Useful english dictionary