sliding scale

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.

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sliding scale

Noun

a variable scale according to which things such as wages or prices alter in response to changes in other factors

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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 → escala móvil

sliding scale n → échelle f mobile

sliding scale slide n → gleitende Skala f

sliding scale n → scala mobile