| NOUN | communication | escalator, escalator clause | a clause in a contract that provides for an increase / increase / increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index) |
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| artifact | escalator, moving staircase, moving stairway | a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt |
| Sounds | eh'skahley.ter | |
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| Rhymes | abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... | |
| Meaning | A clause in a contract that provides for an increase / increase / increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index). | |
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| Synonym | escalator clause | |
| Broader | article, clause | A separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will) |
| Meaning | A stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt. | |
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| Synonyms | moving staircase, moving stairway | |
| Broader | stairway, staircase | A way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps |
| Spanish | escalera mecánica | |
| Catalan | escala mecànica | |
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