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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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