Meaning

1 senses

  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.

Examples

10 sentences

  1. Yanni is climbing the corporate ladder.

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  2. Tom quickly rose up the corporate ladder.

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  3. Yanni wants to climb the corporate ladder.

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  4. Do you want to climb the corporate ladder?

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  5. We were trying to climb the corporate ladder.

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Forms

plural: corporate ladders

Word family

5 related words
Relatedsocial laddereconomic mobilitysocial mobilityupwardly mobileupward mobility

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
corporalB2corporateB2corporationB2corpsC1corpseC2

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