- 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.
- 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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