Alternative spelling of low-grade

A level indicating a base salary (in the US applying to military and government employees).

plural of slab on grade

plural of grade grubber

(US, slang, derogatory) A student who engages in grade grubbing; someone seeking to improve their grades by sucking up or by trying to negotiate for any additional marks.

(military) Each of the commissions which rank a (para)military officer below the (highest) class of general officers, but above other commissioned officers and NCOs.

simple past tense and past participle of make the grade

(construction) A horizontal placement of concrete directly over a prepared earth substrate.

plural of grade school

To use a grading system based on the scale of performance of a group to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject; to curve a grade.