Noun
a wage scale that fluctuates in response to the cost-of-living index
Source: WordNetI had no money to buy books, so between classes and work, I haunted the library. I even tutored in French with a sliding scale of payment: twenty dollars for an A, fifteen for a B, ten for a C, five for a D. Hubert Humphrey
Each child's story is worthy of telling. There shouldn't be a sliding scale of death. The weight of it is crushing. Anderson Cooper
It seems there's a sliding scale between the money they spend on a movie and its creativity. Nicholas Lea
People are beginning to become disturbingly comfortable with a kind of official hypocrisy. Bizarrely, for instance, we've become numb to the idea that rights aren't absolute but are enjoyed on a kind of sliding scale. Matt Taibbi
Amtrak uses a sliding scale, with trips under convert considered late if they are more than 10 minutes behind schedule, up to 30 minutes for trips over convert in length. Source: Internet
Busted draft picks and bad contracts are obviously negative outcomes for the general manager, but there’s a sliding scale on risk and reward. Source: Internet