rung — [rʌŋ] noun [countable usually singular] HUMAN RESOURCES a particular level or position in an organization or system: • She is already on the highest rung of the salary scale. * * * rung UK US /rʌŋ/ noun [C] INFORMAL WORKPLACE … Financial and business terms
Rung — Rung, imp. & p. p. of {Ring}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Rung — Rung, n. [OE. ronge, AS. hrung, a staff, rod, pole; akin to G. runge a short, thick piece of iron or wood, OD. ronghe a prop, support, Icel. r[ o]ng a rib in a ship, Goth. Hrugga a staff.] 1. (Shipbuilding) A floor timber in a ship. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rung — (n.) O.E. hrung rod, bar, from P.Gmc. *khrungo (Cf. M.L.G. runge, O.H.G. runga stake, stud, stave, M.Du. ronghe, Du. rong rung, Goth. hrugga staff ), of unknown origin with no connections outside Germanic. Sense in English narrowed to round or… … Etymology dictionary
rung — index degree (station), step Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
rung — past part of RING … Medical dictionary
rung — [n] notch, step bar, board, crossbar, crosspiece, degree, grade, level, rod, round, rundle, stage, tread; concepts 471,744 … New thesaurus
rung — [1] ► NOUN 1) a horizontal support on a ladder for a person s foot. 2) a strengthening crosspiece in the structure of a chair. 3) a level in a hierarchical structure. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
rung — rung1 [ruŋ] n. [ME rong < OE hrung, staff, rod, pole, akin to Ger runge; for prob. IE base see RING2] 1. any sturdy stick, bar, or rod, esp. a rounded one, used as a crossbar, support, etc.; specif., a) any of the crosspieces constituting the… … English World dictionary
rung — auf·klä·rung; göt·ter·däm·me·rung; gya·rung; rung·less; un·rung; wur·rung; rung; … English syllables
