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)
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escalator::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | escalator clause |
| Type of | article, clause |
escalator::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | moving staircase, moving stairway |
| Type of | staircase, stairway |
Examples of escalator
escalator
Right now, there is an escalator that goes up from the taxi rank, but that's it.
From the guardian.co.uk
A visit to the Crocker Galleria rooftop garden requires a ride up the escalator.
From the sfgate.com
Then take the escalator to the top floor and follow the sign to the roof garden.
From the sfgate.com
I remember coming down the huge escalator at Virgin Megastore, and it was empty.
From the time.com
The enormous mobile and escalator are not the only features inside the building.
From the kansas.com
And he led me down through the counter and down the escalator and out to safety.
From the freep.com
When even an escalator is too much trouble, you need to be hoisted up in a lift.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Clues come in every cane tap, every splashing fountain, every whirring escalator.
From the sacbee.com
The main entrance is reoriented toward Hampden Avenue, and an escalator is added.
From the denverpost.com
- Escalator clause: 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)
- A stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
- An escalator is a type of vertical transportation in the form of a moving staircase u2013 a conveyor transport device for carrying people between floors of a building. The device consists of a motor-driven chain of individually linked steps that move up or down on tracks, allowing the step treads to remain horizontal.
- Escalator is the only album by Sam Gopal, released in 1968, on the small Stable label. Around the same time the band also released a single "Horse" b/w "Back Door Man".
- A motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another; An upward or progressive course; An escalator clause
- (Escalators) bonuses paid to the author based on the work meeting certain performance goals. Almost always that means a given number of weeks on the New York Times Best seller list, though it can also speak to rewards for appearances on other lists, or reference some other arcane standard of ...
- 1982. Fl, ob, vn, vc, piano 4 hands, perc. Rec. by the Vancouver New Music Ensemble, on West Light (Centrediscs CMCCD 3689, 1989)
- Was originally a combination of the word "scala," which is Latin for steps, and the word "elevator," which had already been invented. The verb form of the word is (to) escalate and is commonly applied to the use of increased force in warfare.
- A continuously moving, power-driven, inclined stairway used to transport passengers between different floor levels of a building or into and out of underground stations.
