"rug ranking" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "An allusion to the carpets in the offices of prestigious officials.",
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      "expansion": "rug ranking (uncountable)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1977, Louise Dulude, The status of women in Federal crown corporations, page 20:",
          "text": "But it was found during the course of this study that many middle-sized and small corporations had never heard of rug-ranking (while practicing it) or were convinced that it was strictly a Public Service concern.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999, Barbara Wake Carroll, David Siegel, Service in the Field: The World of Front-line Public Servants, Canada: Institute of Public Administration, page 114:",
          "text": "It created an impression among staff members that they were not trusted. In assigning individual offices, “rug-ranking” was fairly obvious.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The practice of setting a secretary's pay in proportion to the status of the person the secretary works for."
      ],
      "id": "en-rug_ranking-en-noun-hgMl0eWX",
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          "secretary"
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        [
          "pay",
          "pay"
        ],
        [
          "status",
          "status"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Canada, colloquial) The practice of setting a secretary's pay in proportion to the status of the person the secretary works for."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "colloquial",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "rug ranking"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "An allusion to the carpets in the offices of prestigious officials.",
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        "1": "-"
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      "expansion": "rug ranking (uncountable)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "Canadian English",
        "English colloquialisms",
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        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
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        "Pages with entries",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1977, Louise Dulude, The status of women in Federal crown corporations, page 20:",
          "text": "But it was found during the course of this study that many middle-sized and small corporations had never heard of rug-ranking (while practicing it) or were convinced that it was strictly a Public Service concern.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999, Barbara Wake Carroll, David Siegel, Service in the Field: The World of Front-line Public Servants, Canada: Institute of Public Administration, page 114:",
          "text": "It created an impression among staff members that they were not trusted. In assigning individual offices, “rug-ranking” was fairly obvious.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The practice of setting a secretary's pay in proportion to the status of the person the secretary works for."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "secretary",
          "secretary"
        ],
        [
          "pay",
          "pay"
        ],
        [
          "status",
          "status"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Canada, colloquial) The practice of setting a secretary's pay in proportion to the status of the person the secretary works for."
      ],
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        "Canada",
        "colloquial",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "rug ranking"
}