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ESCALATOR CLAUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does escalator clause mean? 

ESCALATOR CLAUSE (noun)
  The noun ESCALATOR CLAUSE has 1 sense:

1. 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)play

  Familiarity information: ESCALATOR CLAUSE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ESCALATOR CLAUSE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

escalator; escalator clause

Hypernyms ("escalator clause" is a kind of...):

article; clause (a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will))


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