wage scale

/weɪdʒ skeɪl/
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Other forms: wage scales

Definitions of wage scale
  1. noun
    a schedule of wages paid for different jobs
    synonyms: wage schedule
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    types:
    sliding scale
    a wage scale that fluctuates in response to the cost-of-living index
    type of:
    graduated table, ordered series, scale, scale of measurement
    an ordered reference standard
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