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Sliding Scale

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Noun

1. sliding scale

a wage scale that fluctuates in response to the cost-of-living index

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sliding Scale

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noun
a variable scale according to which specified wages, tariffs, prices, etc, fluctuate in response to changes in some other factor, standard, or conditions

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Sliding Scale

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a standard or schedule, as of costs, wages, fees, tariff rates, etc., that varies in accordance with given conditions or standards, as cost of living, level of income, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sliding Scale

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n.
A scale in which indicated prices, taxes, or wages vary in accordance with another factor, as wages with the cost-of-living index or medical charges with a patient's income.

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