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tier1 definition

tier (tir)

noun

  1. a row, or rank, of seats
  2. any of a series of rows, layers, ranks, etc. arranged one above or behind another

Etymology: < OFr tire, order, rank, dress < Frank *teri (akin to OHG ziari, beauty, OE tir, glory) < IE *dēiro- < base *dei-, to gleam > deity

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to arrange or be arranged in tiers
tier2 definition

tier (tī′ər)

noun

  1. a person or thing that ties
  2. ☆ a type of pinafore formerly worn by children

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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