- upper echelon
- высшее руководство
Politics english-russian dictionary. 2013.
upper echelon
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echelon — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. grade, position. See degree, arrangement. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [ESH uh lon] any one level in a multi level group. It was the upper echelon s responsibility to devise new… … English dictionary for students
echelon — ech‧e‧lon [ˈeʆəlɒn ǁ lɑːn] noun [countable] a rank or level of responsibility within an organization, group of businesses etc, or a person at that level: • those in the highest echelons of management • The banking system normally helps allocate… … Financial and business terms
echelon — Gowers (1965) regarded the meaning ‘a level or rank in an organization or in society’ as a slipshod extension of the original English meaning ‘a military formation of parallel rows’ • (The rear echelons of the army mutinied and seized the… … Modern English usage
echelon — I. noun Etymology: French échelon, literally, rung of a ladder, from Old French eschelon, from eschele ladder, from Late Latin scala Date: 1796 1. a. (1) an arrangement of a body of troops with its units each somewhat to the left or right of the… … New Collegiate Dictionary
echelon — n. 1) (mil.) the forward; rear echelon 2) the higher, top, upper echelons of society * * * [ eʃəlɒn] rear echelon top upper echelons of society (mil.) the forward the higher … Combinatory dictionary
echelon — UK [ˈeʃəlɒn] / US [ˈeʃəˌlɑn] noun [countable] Word forms echelon : singular echelon plural echelons 1) one of the levels of status or authority in an organization, or the people at that level upper/lower echelons: the upper echelons of power 2)… … English dictionary
echelon — n. & v. n. 1 a level or rank in an organization, in society, etc.; those occupying it (often in pl. : the upper echelons). 2 Mil. a formation of troops, ships, aircraft, etc., in parallel rows with the end of each row projecting further than the… … Useful english dictionary
echelon — (EH sheh lon) [French: transverse rung of a ladder] A level of authority or rank, as in “the upper echelons of government.” In military parlance, a staggered formation of troops, vehicles, boats, or aircraft that creates the appearance of… … Dictionary of foreign words and phrases
echelon — ech|e|lon [ˈeʃəlɔn US la:n] n [Date: 1700 1800; : Frenc] 1.) also echelons a rank or level of authority in an organization, business etc, or the people at that level upper/higher/lower echelons ▪ the upper echelons of government ▪ Their clients… … Dictionary of contemporary English
echelon — ech|e|lon [ eʃə,lan ] noun count 1. ) one of the levels of status or authority in an organization, or the people in that level: upper/lower echelons: the upper echelons of power 2. ) an arrangement of soldiers, ships, or aircraft in which each… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
echelon trawl — an experimental form of otter trawl with a large upper wing and paravanes instead of doors. Meant for use in bottom fishing and midwater herring fishing … Dictionary of ichthyology
