cost living adjustment

基本解释

Adjustment of pay rate, usually based on performance, cost of living, or promotion.
工资标准的调整，通常是根据工作表现，生活费用，和升职
Raise Adjustment of pay rate, usually based on performance, cost of living, or promotion.
加薪工资标准的调整，通常是根据工作表现，生活费用，和升职。
A cap on the cost-of-living adjustment, for example, would be a nightmare for pensioners were inflation to flare up, because they would have no way of making up the loss in their purchasing power.
比如，如果通胀爆发，那么对于生活成本上限的调整将成为靠养老金生活的人的恶魔，因为他们对于自身购买力的失去将无计可施。

To enable the Railroad Retirement Board to adjust the amount of benefits payable under the Railroad Retirement Act at the time the cost of living adjustment is applied.
WHITEHOUSE: Matching Programs Conducted in 1994 and 1995