pay spine

pay spine (plural pay spines)

1. A tiered range of salaries for different jobs or for those who have been in a job for differing amounts of time.

   Synonym: payscale

• “pay spine”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “pay spine” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.

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