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sliding scale

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slid·ing scale (sldng)
n.
A scale in which indicated prices, taxes, or wages vary in accordance with another factor, as wages with the cost-of-living index or medical charges with a patient's income.
sliding scale
n
(Economics) a variable scale according to which specified wages, tariffs, prices, etc., fluctuate in response to changes in some other factor, standard, or conditions
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Noun1.sliding scale - a wage scale that fluctuates in response to the cost-of-living index
wage scale, wage schedule - a schedule of wages paid for different jobs
Translations
sliding scale n (Admin) → scala mobile
sliding scale n (Admin) → scala mobile


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The consciousness in each man is a sliding scale, which identifies him now with the First Cause, and now with the flesh of his body; life above life, in infinite degrees.
Essays, Second Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
Here's three or four columns full of nothing but sliding scales and fixed duties.
Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context
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