| escalator | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. escalator, escalator clause | 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). |
| ~ clause, article | a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will). |
| n. (artifact) | 2. escalator, moving staircase, moving stairway | a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt. |
| ~ staircase, stairway | a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps. |
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