Definitions for sliding-scale

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sliding-scale sliding scale

Sliding-Scale is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 1065 anagrams from letters in sliding-scale (-acdegiillnss).

Definitions for sliding-scale

noun

1. a variable scale, especially of industrial costs, as wages, that may be adapted to changes in demand.
2. a wage scale varying with the selling price of goods produced, the cost of living, or profits.
3. a price scale, as of medical fees, in which prices vary according to the ability of individuals to pay.
4. a tariff scale varying according to changing prices.

Origin of sliding-scale

First recorded in 1700-10

Examples for sliding-scale

Thakor ran the numbers and showed me the results on a sliding scale that reflected a range of potential interest rates.

The reduction on a sliding scale is then applied to Class B owners.

She expects him to have a sliding scale of prices for his goods as she has for her furs.

Aid will be offered on a sliding scale—families making less would pay less.

Most prisons issue incident reports on a sliding scale from 100 series (highest severity) to 400 series (lowest severity).

Then, I grade each destination on each of those factors, on a sliding scale from “awful” to “ideal.”

Royalties were to be paid on a sliding scale, and, from the very first, they were large.

It is obvious that sex-education must be advanced on the process of a sliding scale.

In France, parents pay for their childcare on a sliding scale based on their income—the rest is subsidized by the government.

There is a sliding scale of understanding, as there is a sliding scale of inspiration.