Noun: escalator 'e-sku,ley-tu(r)
- A stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
"Shoppers rode the escalator between floors of the department store";
- moving staircase, moving stairway
- A clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index)
"The union negotiated an escalator clause tied to inflation in their new contract";
- escalator clause
Derived forms: escalators
Type of: article, clause, staircase, stairway
Encyclopedia: Escalator