standard of living

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standard of living

n. pl. standards of living

A level of material comfort as measured by the goods, services, and luxuries available to an individual, group, or nation.

standard of living

Noun

the level of comfort and wealth of a person, group, or country

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Noun

standard of living - a level of material comfort in terms of goods and services available to someone or some group; "they enjoyed the highest standard of living in the country"; "the lower the standard of living the easier it is to introduce an autocratic production system"

standard of life

degree, stage, level, point - a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"

Translations

standard of living n → nivel m de vida

standard of living standard n → niveau m de vie

standard of living standard n → Lebensstandard m

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As I succeeded with my writing, my standard of living rose and my horizon broadened.

John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context

John, the oldest, in Yale, had elected to become a man of letters, and, in the meantime, ran his own automobile with the corresponding standard of living such ownership connoted in the college town of New Haven.

Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context

I married, and my standard of living rose; but Otoo remained the same old-time Otoo, moving about the house or trailing through the office, his wooden pipe in his mouth, a shilling undershirt on his back, and a four-shilling lava-lava about his loins.

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