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noun
A system of remuneration for workers which specifies levels of payment based on set criteria, such as the skill levels of the various jobs or the number of years of experience possessed by workers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: labor relations
Topics: business
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a schedule of wages paid for different jobs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: wage schedule
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: scale, scale of measurement, graduated table, ordered series
Narrower terms: sliding scale
History
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Across languages
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