sliding scale

noun

a variable scale, especially of industrial costs, as wages, that may be adapted to changes in demand.

a wage scale varying with the selling price of goods produced, the cost of living, or profits.

a price scale, as of medical fees, in which prices vary according to the ability of individuals to pay.

a tariff scale varying according to changing prices.

Origin of sliding scale

First recorded in 1700–10

Words nearby sliding scale

sliding fit, sliding flap, sliding friction, sliding hernia, sliding rule, sliding scale, sliding seat, sliding vector, slier, sliest, slieve

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Example sentences from the Web for sliding scale

For let not the reader forget, that on the system of a sliding-scale, this action cannot be otherwise than moderate.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.|Various
They were graduated upon the sliding-scale principle, and were never exactly the same.
The Puddleford Papers,|H. H. Riley
A Hackney-coach Horse declared himself in favor of the sliding-scale, which he understood to mean the wooden pavement.
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844|Various
On the whole, I incline to think that a sliding-scale duty on wheat up to 48s.
Speculations from Political Economy|C. B. Clarke

It was the precise object of the sliding-scale to admit grain, in periods of scarcity, free of all duty.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 66, No. 410, December 1849|Various

British Dictionary definitions for sliding scale

sliding scale

noun

a variable scale according to which specified wages, tariffs, prices, etc, fluctuate in response to changes in some other factor, standard, or conditions

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Cultural definitions for sliding scale

sliding scale

A set of rates that change according to a mathematical formula. The income tax, for example, is levied on a sliding scale, with the rich paying a higher percentage than the poor.

单词	sliding scale
释义	sliding scale noun a variable scale, especially of industrial costs, as wages, that may be adapted to changes in demand. a wage scale varying with the selling price of goods produced, the cost of living, or profits. a price scale, as of medical fees, in which prices vary according to the ability of individuals to pay. a tariff scale varying according to changing prices. Origin of sliding scale First recorded in 1700–10 Words nearby sliding scale sliding fit, sliding flap, sliding friction, sliding hernia, sliding rule, sliding scale, sliding seat, sliding vector, slier, sliest, slieve Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sliding scale For let not the reader forget, that on the system of a sliding-scale, this action cannot be otherwise than moderate. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.\|Various They were graduated upon the sliding-scale principle, and were never exactly the same. The Puddleford Papers,\|H. H. Riley A Hackney-coach Horse declared himself in favor of the sliding-scale, which he understood to mean the wooden pavement. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844\|Various On the whole, I incline to think that a sliding-scale duty on wheat up to 48s. Speculations from Political Economy\|C. B. Clarke It was the precise object of the sliding-scale to admit grain, in periods of scarcity, free of all duty. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 66, No. 410, December 1849\|Various British Dictionary definitions for sliding scale sliding scale noun a variable scale according to which specified wages, tariffs, prices, etc, fluctuate in response to changes in some other factor, standard, or conditions Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for sliding scale sliding scale A set of rates that change according to a mathematical formula. The income tax, for example, is levied on a sliding scale, with the rich paying a higher percentage than the poor. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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