Usually means: Adjustable fees based on income.
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  1. sliding scale: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sliding scale: Merriam-Webster
  3. sliding scale: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sliding scale: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sliding scale: Collins English Dictionary
  6. sliding scale: Vocabulary.com
  7. sliding-scale, sliding scale: Wordnik
  8. sliding scale: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. sliding scale: Wiktionary
  10. sliding scale: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. sliding scale: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. sliding scale: Dictionary.com
  13. Sliding scale: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. sliding scale: Rhymezone
  15. Sliding Scale: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  16. sliding scale: FreeDictionary.org
  17. sliding scale: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. sliding scale: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. sliding scale: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sliding Scale: Diabetes Dictionary
  2. Diabetes Dictionary (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sliding scale)

noun:  A pricing scheme for a product or service where a price range is set and the customer is charged based on where their financial resources fall within the range.
noun:  A slide rule.
noun:  A continuous set of measurement values for which the item being measured can change its value easily.

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