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English noun: escalator

1. escalator (communication) 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)


Synonymsescalator clause


Broader (hypernym)article, clause

2. escalator (artifact) a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt


Synonymsmoving staircase, moving stairway


Broader (hypernym)staircase, stairway









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