Definition of Escalator clause

1. Noun. 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).

Exact synonyms: Escalator
Generic synonyms: Article, Clause

Lexicographical Neighbors of Escalator Clause

escalade
escaladed
escalader
escaladers
escalades
escalading
escalado
escalate
escalated
escalates
escalating
escalation
escalation plan
escalations
escalator
escalator clause (current term)
escalators
escalatory
escalefter
escalier
escaliers
escallonia
escallonias
escallop
escalloped
escalloping
escallops
escalop
escalope
escalope de veau Orloff

Literary usage of Escalator clause

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Oecd Glossaries Economics Glossary: Edition 2006-Glossaires de L'Ocde by Oecd (2006)
"... de révision] cost of living escalator clause clause d'indexation sur le coût de la vie ; clause d'échelle mobile [EMO] escalator Clause clause ..."

2. Canadian Transportation and Distribution Management (1869)
"The terms of any escalator clause must be clearly defined. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. WM. ..."

3. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Escalator was used in describing a provision in labor contracts—an “escalator clause”—allowing for increases in wages and prices to reflect increases in ..."

4. Forest Owners' Guide to the Federal Income Tax by William C. Siegel, William L. Hoover, Harry L. Haney, Jr., Karen Liu (1996)
"1.611-1(b)(1) Indian Creek Lumber Company Godbold Plant Ag. Handbook effect of escalator clause Huxford requirement that owner retain Sec. 631 (b) Regs. ..."

5. Mechanical World and Engineering Record (1881)
"... and long-term capital goods, and in the interim a ceiling should be placed on the escalator clause. books UK Trading Opportunities ¡,, Central America. ..."

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