Also means
to phase in stages
Usage Note
Scaglionare comes from scaglione (echelon, tier) and means to spread or arrange things in stages or intervals — payments, shifts, doses, departures. In military language it refers to deploying troops in echelons. It is common in administrative and financial contexts: scaglionare i pagamenti (to stagger payments).
Examples
"L'azienda ha deciso di scaglionare i pagamenti nel tempo."
Natural Translation
The company decided to stagger the payments over time.

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