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esau
  • n  (Old Testament) the eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother Jacob for a mess of pottage
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escadrille
  • n  a small squadron
  • n  an air force squadron typically containing six airplanes (as in France during World War I)
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escalade
  • n  an act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification)
  • v  climb up and over
    They had to escalade canyons to reach their destination
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escalation
  • n  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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escalator
  • n  a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index)
  • n  a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
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escalator clause
  • n  a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index)
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