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Noun: cost-of-living allowance
  1. An allowance for changes in the consumer price index
    "Workers received a cost-of-living allowance to match inflation";
    - COLA, cost-of-living adjustment

Derived forms: cost-of-living allowances

Type of: adjustment, allowance

Encyclopedia: Cost-of-living allowance