- grade
- ▪ I. grade grade 1 [greɪd] noun [countable]1. a particular level of quality that a product, material etc has:
• The best grades of tea are expensive.
2. JOBS a particular level of job:• Staff from ethnic minorities were not being promoted beyond junior grades.
[m0] ▪ II. grade grade 2 verb [transitive]to judge something and say officially what its size or quality is:• All the parks are regularly checked and graded by tourist board inspectors.
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Ⅰ.grade UK US /greɪd/ noun [C]► BANKING a letter or combination of letters used by ratings agencies to show how certain they are that a loan will be paid back by the person or organization that borrowed the money: »Bonds which are rated A are considered as upper-medium grade obligations.
► PRODUCTION one of the levels of quality given to a particular product or substance : »March futures on commercial grade coffee closed at $1.04 per pound Friday.
high/low grade »Technicians carefully loaded new fuel rods of high grade uranium into the cooling water.
aircraft/human/weapons, etc. grade »The scooters are made from aircraft grade aluminium alloy and weigh just 2.76kg.
► HR a level or division within an organization or system: »The administrative grade, recruited from top-quality university graduates, prepares policy advice for ministers.
»a pay/salary grade
Ⅱ.grade UK US /greɪd/ verb [T] PRODUCTION, HR► to judge the quality of a product, substance, or organization, or the performance of an employee: »The fibre is graded and packed into bales for transport to factories for spinning, dying, and milling.
be graded on sth »He said that principals and superintendents would be graded on leadership and school performance.
be graded for sth »Inside the world's largest covered building, the flowers are graded for quality and catalogued by computer.
Financial and business terms. 2012.
