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Escalator

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Noun

1. escalator, 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)

2. escalator, moving staircase, moving stairway

a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Escalator

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noun
1. 
a moving staircase consisting of stair treads fixed to a conveyor belt, for transporting passengers between levels, esp between the floors of a building
2.  short for escalator clause

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Escalator

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noun
1. 
a moving stairway consisting of treads linked in an endless belt, used in department stores, subway stations, etc.
2. 
escalator clause

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

Escalator

see synonyms of escalator
n.
1. A moving stairway consisting of steps attached to a continuously circulating belt.
2. An escalator clause.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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