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escalator Definition

es·ca·la·tor (eskə lāt′ər)

noun

  1. a moving stairway consisting of treads linked in an endless belt, used in department stores, subway stations, etc.
  2. escalator clause

Etymology: coined as a trademark (1895) < escala(de) + -tor, as in (eleva)tor

escalator Synonyms

escalator

n.

moving staircase, escalier (French), people mover, incline; see elevator 1.

escalator Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • abandon: This gives substance to the decision to abandon the fuel price escalator.
  • install: Remove the roof from the " Somerfield Mall " to lighten the area and install escalators from the car park.
  • ride: They are designed to sound tough while imposing no constraint on his ability to ride an endless escalator of taxing and spending.
  • introduce: FACT: John Major's Government introduced the fuel duty escalator.
  • move: Instead they are faced with a moving escalator of powers ever upwards to the EU.
  • increase: In the June 1997, Gordon Brown, the new Labor chancellor, increased the escalator to 6 % per annum.

Adjective modifier

  • down: Running a business can sometimes feel like running up the down escalator.
  • long: The pedestrian Tyne Tunnel in Jarrow has the world's longest continuous wooden escalator.
  • new: A new escalator near the Tourist Office is also being constructed.
  • first: No, he went down, taking the first escalator to the Bakerloo line.
  • annual: The annual fuel escalator was set in 1993 at 3 % above the rate of inflation.

Modifies a noun

  • panel: A key element of the activity has been using short runs of three escalator panels in West End locations.
  • clause: Article III - 125 and the EU's escalator clause will give the EU the power to standardize taxes.
  • manufacturer: Data Acquisition from Torque Meters An escalator manufacturer is sending data from torque meters directly to an Access database.

Noun used with modifier

  • landfill: In the 1999 budget the landfill tax is placed on an " landfill escalator " of £ 1 per year until 2004.
  • fuel: The Prime Minister: We removed the fuel duty escalator.
  • duty: The Prime Minister: We removed the fuel duty escalator.
  • tax: It also suggests a return to the fuel tax escalator.
  • skill: Central to the project's ethos is the provision of what is termed 'a learning skills escalator ' .
  • road: Related fiscal policies The political problems with environmental taxation are further exemplified by the story of the road fuel duty escalator.

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