cost-of-living allowance

Meaning of word cost-of-living allowance from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : An allowance for changes in the consumer price index.

fridge (noun)
A refrigerator in which the coolant is pumped around by an electric motor.

sunk fence (noun)
A ditch with one side being a retaining wall. Used to divide lands without defacing the landscape.

submaxilla (noun)
The jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth.

defloration (noun)
An act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something.

inversely (adverb)
In an inverse or contrary manner.

make (noun)
A recognizable kind.

astana (noun)
Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.

angler fish (noun)
Fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey.

unmatched (adjective)
Of the remaining member of a pair.

nepalese (noun)
A native or inhabitant of Nepal.