escalator : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: escalator	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for escalator
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
escalator n 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) Synonym(s): escalator clause, escalator a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt Synonym(s): escalator, moving staircase, moving stairway
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Escalator \Es"ca*la`tor\, n. [NL. Cf. {Escalade}.] A stairway or incline arranged like an endless belt so that the steps or treads ascend or descend continuously, and one stepping upon it is carried up or down; -- a trade term.