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corporate ladder en · NOUN

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  1. (figuratively, idiomatic) The hierarchy or ranking system of employment positions within a business organization; especially, such a hierarchy viewed as a ladder to be climbed (to successive higher-ranking positions) while one is pursuing a career path.
    • The Apartment. Producer-Director Billy Wilder tells of a sweet-natured schnook (brilliantly played by Jack Lemmon) who shoots up the corporate ladder. 1960 July 4, “Time Listings”, in Time:
    • "Good grooming is increasingly important as you move up the corporate ladder," said Camille Lavington, a New York image consultant. 1991 September 29, Nancy Marx Better, “The Executive Life: A Gender Switch In Grooming Rituals”, in New York Times, retrieved 14 Apr 2013:
    • He's climbing the corporate ladder fast and is moving from New York City to CNN headquarters in Atlanta. 2012 August 23, Petrina Gentile, “All business about his off-road vehicle”, in Globe and Mail, Canada, retrieved 14 Apr 2013:

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social mobility · upwardly mobile · upward mobility · social climber · social ladder · economic mobility