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paygrade

paygrade is the alternative spelling 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).

Forms of paygrade

pluralpaygrades

Origin of paygrade

From pay + grade.

Phrases with paygrade

Questions about paygrade

What is paygrade the alternative spelling of?
Paygrade is the alternative spelling of pay grade.

Words near paygrade in the dictionary

  1. Payette
  2. Payette County
  3. Payettes
  4. PAYG
  5. PAYGO
  6. paygrade
  7. paygrades
  8. payik
  9. payiks
  10. paying
  11. paying a visit

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paygrade (page history and authors); pay grade (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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