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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 (ər)

noun

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

tier Synonyms

tier

n.

row, range, layer; see line 1.

tier Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • windbraces: Roof of four and a half bays with arch-braced collar trusses and raking struts, flat purlins and two tiers of cusped windbraces.
  • lucarne: Three tiers of lucarnes, two in the main directions, the third in the diagonals.
  • bureaucracy: At present, targets are all too conflicting, serving no real purpose, creating an additional tier of bureaucracy.
  • seating: The first floor of the stadium has the bottom tier of seating and directors seating area.
  • government: A generic infrastructure body at every tier of government?

Object

  • seating: The theater will seat 250 of which 160 will be on tiered retractable seating.
  • skirt: This was worn with a clashing tiered mixed-up print skirt.
  • auditorium: AUDITORIUM ~ Overview The 900 seat tiered auditorium with its classic art deco style has excellent acoustics and views.
  • cake: The traditional wedding cake is a tiered white cake with butter cream icing.

Adjective modifier

  • upper: Once the upper tier is full, access to lower tier can be made from same entrance.
  • topmost: The spectators were seated in its terraces; women and plebeians ( plebs ) were confined to the topmost tier of seats.
  • intermediate: The possibility of standard regions as an intermediate tier between central and local government might usefully be considered.
  • middle: The middle tier of the system is the Application Server Layer.
  • top: We'll make the top tier first, which is the smallest.
  • second: They are the people in Labor's second tier Britain.

Modifies a noun

  • workforce: This ends the two tier workforce for future PPP contracts.
  • bunk: The large bedroom is designed as a family room and has a double bed and the two tier bunk.
  • cake: A splendid vintage Art Deco, two tier cake stand, dating to circa 1934.
  • affiliate: A trustful two tier affiliate program will pay you 15-45 % in residual commissions.

Noun used with modifier

  • pricing: Pricing tier for role of the renewal plan we.

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