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pay grades

pay grades is the plural of pay grade.

Meaning of pay grade

Noun

pay grade (plural pay grades)

  1. A level indicating a base salary (in the US applying to military and government employees).
  2. (figuratively) A level of authority or responsibility (since pay rate, authority and responsibility generally increase similarly).

Questions about pay grades

What is pay grades the plural of?
Pay grades is the plural of pay grade.

Words near pay grades in the dictionary

  1. pay gap
  2. pay gaps
  3. pay good money after bad
  4. pay gorn
  5. pay grade
  6. pay grades
  7. pay heed
  8. pay homage to
  9. pay home
  10. pay it forward
  11. pay nature's debt

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