/ Dictionary / Index P pay grade: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: pay' grade" Pronunciation: [key] the grade of a member of the armed services established according to a scale of increasing amounts of base pay and related to but not identical with official rank. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: paygrade (Thesaurus) payer pay-in Related Content Daily Word Quiz: fervor Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language