paygrade
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5.6
- noun
- /ˈpeɪˌɡreɪd/
- Jargon
:
nivel salarial
- Ham-fistedly threatening employees, voters, and customers they need is not something you put your fingerprints on if that shit is above your paygrade.
Examples
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The others are outside my paygrade.
Blog text (3) -
Unfortunately, this is above my paygrade.
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You left out the part where it's above his paygrade to know these things.
Blog text (1) -
Rangers do not have specific paygrade restrictions but draw from the combat arms.
Academic text (2000) -
I can tell you Valcik, but it's above your paygrade.
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Getting the guns was shockingly easy but the rest of the calculation, far above your mental paygrade.
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Plus this crap (conspiracy stuff) is above my paygrade, so I just don't care.
Blog text (22) -
It was President Obama who said, during his one-on-one with Rick Warren last summer, that determining when human life begins is "above my paygrade."
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Determining budget allocations for the project is well above my paygrade.
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The decision about the new policy is outside my paygrade and should be made by senior management.
Synonyms
81
5.4
A rank held by sailors and other military members below officers
76
3.7
A position in a system that shows rank, like first or second
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3.7
A job level that sets how much pay an employee gets
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3.2
A position in the armed forces that shows how much authority someone has
A person's rank in the armed forces
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Paygrade is made from two simple words, pay and grade, where grade means a 'level' or 'rank'. It names the 'level of pay and responsibility' used in the military and government, so saying something is 'above your paygrade' means it is beyond your authority.