Look up: escalation

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   Escalation
   When a pension in payment is automatically increased at regular intervals by a fixed percentage rate or the increase of a specific index such as the Retail Price Index (RPI).
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   escalation
   [n] - an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy
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   escalation
   progressive use of more harmful drugs Category: Medicine
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   escalation
   noun an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy; `higher wages caused an escalation of prices`; `there was a gradual escalation of hostilities`
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   Escalation
   `Escalation` is the phenomenon of something getting more intense step by step, for example a quarrel, or, notably, military presence and nuclear armament during the Cold War. (Compare to escalator, a device that lifts something to a higher level.) The term is said to be originally coined by Herman Kahn. In psychology it is a change in behavior, usually from stable or acceptable towards unstable or unacceptable. In early 2007, the term `escalati...
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   escalation
   (from the article `war`) ...similar. If individual states in competitive situations are governed by a short-term conception of their interests, acute conflicts between them ...
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   Escalation
   1. Regarding the structure of tariffs, see tariff escalation. 2. In the context of a trade war, escalation refers to the increase in tariffs that occurs as countries retaliate again and again.
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