Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One of a series of rows placed one above another.
- noun A rank or class.
- transitive & intransitive verb To arrange (something) into or rise in tiers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A range of mountains.
- noun A row; a rank, particularly when two or more rows are placed one above another: as, a tier of seats in a theater; the old three-decked war-ships had three tiers of guns on each side, the upper, middle, and lower tiers.
- noun In organ-building, same as
rank , 1 . - noun One who or that which ties.
- noun A child's apron. Also, erroneously, tire.
- noun In entomology, same as
leaf-tier . - To pile, build, or arrange in tiers. Compare
tierer . - noun See
tire .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, ties.
- noun A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore.
- noun A row or rank, especially one of two or more rows placed one above, or higher than, another.
- noun the ranges of fakes, or windings, of a cable, laid one within another when coiled.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
ties (knots, etc). - noun Something that ties.
- noun A
layer orrank , especially ofseats or awedding cake . - verb transitive To
arrange inlayers . - verb transitive To
cascade in anoverlapping sequence .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
- noun a worker who ties something
- noun any one of two or more competitors who tie one another
- noun something that is used for tying
- noun one of two or more layers one atop another
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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These guys operated on what we call a tier one level.
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We've got a lot of franchisee interest on our business from what I call tier-1 franchisees.
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There are a few different tiers of security at our school, but most people (teachers and students) have what I refer to as tier one, which is where everything remotely useful is blocked.
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The second tier is always there; the issue is: what the first tier should look like.
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I work in tier 1 (tier 2-ish tasks many times) HelpDesk at a media company and I'm constantly copying/pasting things in Active Directory, MS Exchange Management Console, and other systems.
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A year later, high-end home buyers were thought to have endless, deep pockets, further insulating the top-tier from the cratering economy.
America's Most Expensive Homes Matthew Woolsey 2009
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Store sizes will be upwards of 15,000-25,000 square feet even in tier II towns like Pune.
Marks & Spencer's Retail Rethink Saumya Roy 2010
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Because this lower tier is what Medicare will become.
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Store sizes will be upwards of 15,000-25,000 square feet even in tier II towns like Pune.
Marks & Spencer's Retail Rethink Saumya Roy 2010
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Store sizes will be upwards of 15,000-25,000 square feet even in tier II towns like Pune.
Marks & Spencer's Retail Rethink Saumya Roy 2010
yarb commented on the word tier
Is this the last of Leonard? No. His fall is broken by tiers of fern fronds.
- William Steig, The Zabajaba Jungle
October 5, 2008