escalator
(noun)
noun
1. 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)
Definition categories: communication, article, clause
2. a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
Definition categories: man–made, staircase, stairway
Sentences with escalator as a noun:
- They agreed to a cost-of-living escalator.