SUPERGRADE Definition & Meaning

supergrade

[ soo-per-greyd ]

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noun

U.S. Government.

a high-level rank, Grade 16, 17, or 18, in the federal civil service.
a government employee having such a rank.

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of such a rank or employee.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of supergrade¹

super- + grade

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So bright did Welch's star shine that his bosses in the Food and Drug Administration boosted him from chief of the Antibiotics Division, at $14,450 a year, to the supergrade rank of director, at $17,500.

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