escalator, n.
(escalators)
(escalators)
a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
<noun.artifact>
escalator moving staircase moving stairway
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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)
<noun.communication>
escalator escalator clause
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