From Longman Business Dictionarybroadbandingbroad‧band‧ing /ˈbrɔːdbændɪŋˈbrɒːd-/ noun [uncountable] HUMAN RESOURCES a system in which there are only a few levels of jobs in a company, but there is usually a big difference between the lowest and highest pay at each levelBroadbanding makes sense when you want to encourage successful career paths without the need for promotion.