COST-OF-LIVING BENEFIT Synonyms

• an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)

• a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses

• an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances

• a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

• a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets

• the act of allowing

• put on a fixed allowance, as of food

• something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors

• the act of compensating for service or loss or injury

• the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

• something that remunerates

• compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees)

• the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time

• something that remunerates

• give money, usually in exchange for goods or services

• convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow

• cancel or discharge a debt

• bring in

• do or give something to somebody in return

• dedicate

• be worth it

• render

• bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action

• make a compensation for

• discharge or settle

• something that remunerates

• the act of paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses

• something that remunerates

• a sum of money allotted on a regular basis; usually for some specific purpose

• a grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public

• something that remunerates

• carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)