- step increase
- step increase - An advancement from one step to the next within a specific grade of a position. It is dependent on performance and tenure. (Also called periodic step increase)
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Quality Step Increase — (QSI) A step increase within a salary grade granted to a USPS employee before expiration of required waiting periods. It is awarded in recognition of outstanding performance … Glossary of postal terms
step something up — 1 the army stepped up its offensive: INCREASE, intensify, strengthen, augment, escalate; informal up, crank up. 2 I stepped up my pace: SPEED UP, increase, accelerate … Useful english dictionary
step-up — /step up /, adj. 1. effecting an increase. 2. Elect. serving to increase voltage: a step up transformer. 3. (of a lease) allowing for gradual rent increases to the highest amount permissible. n. 4. an increase or rise in the rate or quantity of… … Universalium
step-up — step′ up adj. 1) effecting an increase 2) elm serving to increase voltage: a step up transformer[/ex] 3) bus an increase or rise in rate or quantity • Etymology: 1890–95 … From formal English to slang
step — [step] n. [ME steppe < OE stepe, akin to Ger stapf < IE base * steb(h) , post (> STAMP): basic sense “to stamp feet”] 1. the act of moving and placing the foot forward, backward, sideways, up, or down, as in walking, dancing, or climbing … English World dictionary
Step — Step, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stepped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stepping}.] [AS. st[ae]ppan; akin to OFries. steppa, D. stappen to step, stap a step, OHG. stepfen to step, G. stapfe a footstep, OHG. stapfo, G. stufe a step to step on; cf. Gr. ? to shake… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
increase — [n] addition, growth access, accession, accretion, accrual, accumulation, aggrandizement, augmentation, boost, breakthrough, burgeoning, cumulation, development, elaboration, enlargement, escalation, exaggeration, expansion, extension, gain, hike … New thesaurus
step-ups/step-downs — USA In the context of bank loan facilities, the terms refer to an increase or decrease in a covenant level (or other requirement) based on some agreed index. For example, a loan agreement may require the borrower to prepay the loans with 50% of… … Law dictionary
step-ups — step ups/step downs USA In the context of bank loan facilities, the terms refer to an increase or decrease in a covenant level (or other requirement) based on some agreed index. For example, a loan agreement may require the borrower to prepay the … Law dictionary
step-downs — step ups/step downs USA In the context of bank loan facilities, the terms refer to an increase or decrease in a covenant level (or other requirement) based on some agreed index. For example, a loan agreement may require the borrower to prepay the … Law dictionary
