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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A scale in which indicated prices, taxes, or wages vary in accordance with another factor, as wages with the cost-of-living index or medical charges with a patient's income.
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- noun A pricing scheme for a product or service were a price range is set and the customer is charged based on where their financial resources fall within the price range
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- noun a wage scale that fluctuates in response to the cost-of-living index
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