"corporate ladder" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1960 July 4, “Time Listings”, in Time",
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          "ref": "2012 August 23, Petrina Gentile, “All business about his off-road vehicle”, in Globe and Mail, Canada, retrieved 2013-04-14",
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        "(idiomatic, figurative) The hierarchy or ranking system of employment positions within a business organization; especially, such a hierarchy viewed as a ladder to be climbed (to successive higher-ranking positions) while one is pursuing a career path."
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