'To scale a debt wages etc' definitions:
Definition of 'To scale a debt wages etc'
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- Scale \Scale\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scaled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scaling.] To weigh or measure according to a scale; to measure; also, to grade or vary according to a scale or system. [1913 Webster]
- Scaling his present bearing with his past. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To scale a debt, wages, etc. or {To scale down a debt, wages, etc.}, to reduce a debt, etc., according to a fixed ratio or scale. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]