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standards of living

standards of living is the plural of standard of living.

Meaning of living

Noun

living (countable and uncountable, plural livings)

  1. (uncountable) The state of being alive.
  2. Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood
    • it's a living
  3. A style of life.
    • plain living
  4. (with-definite-article) Those who are alive: living people.
    • in the land of the living
    Synonyms:
    quick
    Antonyms:
    dead, deceased, departed
  5. (canon law) A position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income; an ecclesiastical benefice.
    • A Rectory or Parſonage, is a Spirituall liuing, compoſed of Land, Tythe, and other Oblations of the people, ſeparate or dedicate to God in any Congregation, for the ſeruice of his Church there, and for the maintenance of the Gouernour or Miniſter thereof, to vvhoſe charge the ſame is committed.1616, Henry Spelman, De Non Temerandis Ecclesijs [Churches Not to Be Violated]. A Tract of the Rights and Respect Due unto Churches. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Iohn Beale, →OCLC, pages 2–3

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Questions about standards of living

What is standards of living the plural of standard of?
Standards of living is the plural of standard of living.

Words near standards of living in the dictionary

  1. standards compliance
  2. standards compliant
  3. standards of care
  4. standards of comparison
  5. standards of identity
  6. standards of living
  7. standards organization
  8. standards organizations
  9. standardwing
  10. standardwing bird of paradise
  11. standardwing bird-of-paradise

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