scale

scale definition - business

scale

  1. The wage rate for a particular job classification.
  2. The schedule of yields (or prices) at which an underwriter offers a serial bond issue to the public. The schedule reflects yields at the various maturities being offered. Also called offering scale. See also inverted scale.
  3. Proportional representation of an object's dimensions in a drawing or plan of the object.

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