cost-of-living index in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for cost-of-living index in the English»French Dictionary

I.index <pl indexes or indices> [Brit ˈɪndɛks, Am ˈɪnˌdɛks] N

5. index PHYS:

II.index [Brit ˈɪndɛks, Am ˈɪnˌdɛks] VB trans

III.index [Brit ˈɪndɛks, Am ˈɪnˌdɛks] VB intr

See also refractive index

I.cost [Brit kɒst, Am kɔst] N

1. cost (price):

prix m (of de)

III.cost [Brit kɒst, Am kɔst] VB trans

I.course [Brit kɔːs, Am kɔrs] N

2. course (route):

cap m
to be on or hold or steer a course AVIAT, NAUT
to change course AVIAT, NAUT
to set (a) course for AVIAT, NAUT

II.course [Brit kɔːs, Am kɔrs] VB trans HUNT

III.course [Brit kɔːs, Am kɔrs] VB intr

of [Brit ɒv, (ə)v, Am əv] PREP

See also late, old

I.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADJ

1. late (after expected time):

tardif/-ive

2. late (towards end of day, season, life etc):

tardif/-ive
tardif/-ive

II.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADV

2. late (towards end of time period):

à tout à l'heure!

I.old [Brit əʊld, Am oʊld] N The irregular form vieil of the adjective vieux/vieille is used before masculine nouns beginning with a vowel or a mute ‘h’.

III.old [Brit əʊld, Am oʊld] ADJ

2. old (of a particular age):

I.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] PRON

1. all (everything):

II.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] DET

III.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] ADV

IV.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] N

2. all+ (in the highest degree) → all-consuming

XVI.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl]

it's all go inf here! Brit
it's all up with us inf Brit
all in Brit sl
all in Brit sl

See also worst, thing, place, people, best, bad, all-important, all-embracing, all-consuming

I.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] N

1. worst (most difficult, unpleasant):

le/la pire m/f

II.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] ADJ superlative of bad

III.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] ADV

IV.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] VB trans form

I.thing [Brit θɪŋ, Am θɪŋ] N

1. thing (object):

truc m inf
à quoi sert ce truc? inf

2. thing (action, task, event):

3. thing (matter, fact):

the thing is, (that) …
ce qu'il y a, c'est que
ce qu'il y a de bien, c'est que

2. things (situation, circumstances, matters):

III.thing [Brit θɪŋ, Am θɪŋ]

to make a big thing (out) of it inf

I.place [Brit pleɪs, Am pleɪs] N

1. place (location, position):

2. place (town, hotel etc):

IV.place [Brit pleɪs, Am pleɪs] VB trans

I.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] N (nation) gens is masculine plural and never countable (you CANNOT say ‘trois gens’). When used with gens, some adjectives such as vieux, bon, mauvais, petit, vilain placed before gens take the feminine form: les vieilles gens.

II.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] N npl

1. people:

gens mpl

III.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] VB trans liter

I.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] N

II.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] ADJ superlative of good

1. best (most excellent or pleasing):

III.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] ADV

best superlative of well

IV.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] VB trans (defeat, outdo)

II.bad <comp worse, superl worst> [Brit bad, Am bæd] ADJ

1. bad (poor, inferior, incompetent, unacceptable):

bad attr joke
not bad inf

III.bad [Brit bad, Am bæd] ADV inf esp Am

I.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADJ

1. late (after expected time):

tardif/-ive

2. late (towards end of day, season, life etc):

tardif/-ive
tardif/-ive

II.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADV

2. late (towards end of time period):

à tout à l'heure!

I.living [Brit ˈlɪvɪŋ, Am ˈlɪvɪŋ] N

II.living [Brit ˈlɪvɪŋ, Am ˈlɪvɪŋ] ADJ

III.living [Brit ˈlɪvɪŋ, Am ˈlɪvɪŋ]

cost-of-living index in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for cost-of-living index in the English»French Dictionary

of [əv, stressed: ɒv] PREP

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
The council's cost-of-living index doesn't measure inflation but instead compares prices for 57 goods and services bought by households where middle managers live.
gazette.com
They may also be tied to a cost-of-living index that varies by geographic location if the employee moves.
en.wikipedia.org
Macroeconomic data not derived from the national accounts are also of wide interest, for example some cost-of-living indexes, the unemployment rate, and the labor force participation rate.
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The retail prices involved in the cost-of-living index, being relatively sticky, do not afford all the information necessary for regulating the volume of money.
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Solid-waste-management and other charges should be linked to the cost-of-living index, along with levy of administrative charges for chronic littering.
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The study determined the base prices for the cost-of-living index.
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There are many different methodologies that have been developed to approximate cost-of-living indexes, including methods that allow for substitution among items as relative prices change.
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Measured against other cost-of-living indexes, wages are doing much better.
www.smh.com.au
Thus, superlative index numbers are used to provide a fairly close approximation to the underlying cost-of-living index number in a wide range of circumstances.
en.wikipedia.org
A cost-of-living index would measure changes over time in the amount that consumers need to spend to reach a certain utility level or standard of living.
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