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• escalation — escalate es‧ca‧late [ˈeskəleɪt] verb [intransitive] if amounts, prices etc escalate, they increase: • They saw costs escalating and sales slumping as the effect of rising oil prices hit the company. escalation noun [uncountable] : • The rapid… …   Financial and business terms

• escalation — /ˌeskə leɪʃ(ə)n/ noun a steady increase ● an escalation of wage demands ● The union has threatened an escalation in strike action. ♦ escalation of prices a steady increase in prices …   Marketing dictionary in english

• escalation — /ˌeskə leɪʃ(ə)n/ noun a steady increase ● an escalation of wage demands ● The union has threatened an escalation in strike action. ♦ escalation of prices a steady increase in prices …   Dictionary of banking and finance

• escalation — noun an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy (Freq. 6) higher wages caused an escalation of prices there was a gradual escalation of hostilities • Derivationally related forms: ↑escalate • Hypernyms: ↑increase, ↑step up …   Useful english dictionary

• Cost escalation — is defined as changes in the cost or price of specific goods or services in a given economy over a period of time. This is a similar to the concepts of inflation and deflation except that escalation is specific to an item or class of items (not… …   Wikipedia

• De-Escalation Clause — An article in a contract that calls for a price decrease if there is a decrease in certain costs. For example, a de escalation clause may stipulate that maintenance fees will be reduced if the item being maintained depreciates in value. A de… …   Investment dictionary

• price escalation clause — /ˌpraɪs eskə leɪʃ(ə)n klɔ:z/ noun a clause in a contract that permits the seller to raise prices if its costs increase …   Marketing dictionary in english

• escalate — escalation, n. escalatory /es keuh leuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. /es keuh layt /, v.t., v.i., escalated, escalating. 1. to increase in intensity, magnitude, etc.: to escalate a war; a time when prices escalate. 2. to raise, lower, rise, or descend …   Universalium

• Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …   Universalium

• Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …   Universalium

• international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …   Universalium