0 a particular level or group of people within an organization such as an army or company: --
1 a rank or position within an organization, company, or profession: --
Most believe it is this juggling act that keeps women in the lower echelons of the legal profession.
at the upper/top echelon The job allows you a glimpse into day-to-day goings-on at the company's top echelon.
in the upper/top/higher echelons of sth Politicians are often hired by private equity for the connections and skills gained while working in the upper echelons of government.
There was considerable attraction in the new proposals and in being promoted out of the wards to higher echelons of administration.
Such money goes not only to the top echelons.
What kind of drugs were used and were they approved by those in the higher echelons of the medical profession?
There are some very good golden handshakes in the higher echelons of the private sector.
In certain cases, there has been a continual reflection on members of certain professions in the higher echelons of the white-collar workers.
Not all have reached such high echelons of management, but they have been recruited through the apprenticeship system that this country has built up.
Enormous talent is being used and is waiting to be used in our management echelons.
I thought that one of the ideas of this reorganisation was that we were going to cut out some of these higher echelons.
