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Escalator

nounid 50638·updated May 18, 2026
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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)

polysemous

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Variants

synonym
escalator clausemoving staircasemoving stairway
plural
Escalators
possessive
Escalator's
pluralpossessive
Escalators'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
§2
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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