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PAYGRADE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does paygrade mean?
• PAYGRADE (noun)
The noun PAYGRADE has 1 sense:
1. rank in a military organization
Familiarity information: PAYGRADE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rank in a military organization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
military rank; military rating; paygrade; rating
Hypernyms ("paygrade" is a kind of...):
rank (relative status)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paygrade"):
flag rank (the rank of a flag officer)
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