"pay grade" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: pay grades [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pay grade (plural pay grades)
  1. A level indicating a base salary (in the US applying to military and government employees). Translations (level indicating a base salary): løntrin [neuter] (Danish), loonschaal [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), barema [neuter] (Dutch), palkkaluokka (Finnish), échelon (French), Gehaltsstufe [feminine] (German), Besoldungsgruppe [feminine] (German), grád pá [masculine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-pay_grade-en-noun--QbVbjep Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'level indicating a base salary': 89 11
  2. (figuratively) Level of authority or responsibility (since pay rate, authority and responsibility generally increase similarly). Tags: figuratively Synonyms: paygrade Related terms: above one's pay grade, beyond one's pay grade Translations (level of authority or responsibility): lønramme [common-gender] (Danish), asemataso (Finnish), grade [masculine] (French), Gehaltsgruppe [feminine] (German), Lohnstufe [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-pay_grade-en-noun-ZgS4evD1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'level of authority or responsibility': 7 93

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