escalator
noun
1 escalator
A clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index).
synonym: escalator clause.
Roget 307: elevation; raising etc. v.; erection, lift; sublevation†, upheaval; sublimation, exaltation; prominence etc. (convexity) 250. ... show more
2 escalator
A stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt.
synonyms: moving staircase, moving stairway.
Dutch: roltrap
Polish: eskalator, schody ruchome
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