scale of pay

  • 1pay scale — ➔ scale * * * pay scale UK US noun [C] (also salary scale, wage scale) HR, WORKPLACE ► the different levels of pay for a particular job, relating to different degrees of skill or experience: on the pay scale »At the interview, ask where you will… …

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  • 2pay scale — UK US noun [countable] [singular pay scale plural pay scales] a range of different amounts paid for a particular type of work, or for all types of work within an organization Thesaurus: wages and salariessynonym …

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  • 3Scale — A bank that offers to pay different rates of interest on CDs of varying rates is said to post a scale. Commercial paper dealers also post scales. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * scale scale [skeɪl] noun 1. [singular, uncountable] the… …

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  • 4scale — Payment of different rates of interest on CDs of varying maturities ( maturity). A bank is said to post a scale. Commercial paper dealers also post scales. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * scale scale [skeɪl] noun 1. [singular, uncountable]… …

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  • 5scale — scale1 [ skeıl ] noun *** ▸ 1 size/degree/level/rate ▸ 2 arranged set ▸ 3 relationship of distance ▸ 4 for weighing ▸ 5 series of musical notes ▸ 6 hard flat piece of skin ▸ 7 substance on pipes ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) singular or uncount the size of… …

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  • 6pay scale — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms pay scale : singular pay scale plural pay scales a range of different amounts paid for a particular type of work, or for all types of work within an organization …

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  • 7scale — n. the regular union rate of pay; union wages. D Even the big stars work for scale. □ We pay scale and not a penny more. I don’t care who you think you are! …

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  • 8pay spine — ˈpay spine noun [countable] HUMAN RESOURCES a scale showing the rates of pay for employees working at each level of an organization. It also shows the increases in pay an employee gets when they spend a certain length of time at a particular… …

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  • 9scale — Ⅰ. scale [1] ► NOUN 1) each of the small overlapping plates protecting the skin of fish and reptiles. 2) a thick dry flake of skin. 3) a white deposit formed in a kettle, boiler, etc. by the evaporation of water containing lime. 4) tartar formed… …

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  • 10pay — [n] earnings from employment allowance, bacon*, bread*, commission, compensation, consideration, defrayment, emoluments, fee, hire*, honorarium, income, indemnity, meed, payment, perquisite, pittance, proceeds, profit, reckoning, recompensation,… …

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