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noun, plural -er·ies.
1.
a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
2.
a uniform worn by servants.
3.
distinctive attire worn by an official, a member of a company or guild, etc.
4.
Also called livery company. British. a guild or company of the City of London entitled to wear such livery.
5.
EXPANDcharacteristic dress, garb, or outward appearance: the green livery of summer.
6.
the care, feeding, stabling, etc., of horses for pay.
8.
a company that rents out automobiles, boats, etc.
9.
COLLAPSELaw. an ancient method of conveying a freehold by formal delivery of possession.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English livere < Anglo-French, equivalent to Old French livree allowance (of food, clothing, etc.), noun use of feminine past participle of livrer to give over < Latin līberāre; see liberate
1250–1300; Middle English livere < Anglo-French, equivalent to Old French livree allowance (of food, clothing, etc.), noun use of feminine past participle of livrer to give over < Latin līberāre; see liberate
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Livery
is always a great word to know.
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Example Sentences
- In addition, livery cabs triple-parked outside their bases are grating nerves.
- In the pack you get the boring modern-day can along with another tin in the original black and yellow livery.
- For companies, car sharing is a way to reduce rental costs, fleet size or use of car livery services.
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| livery2 (ˈlɪvərɪ) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of or resembling liver |
| 2. | another word for liverish |
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Word Origin & History
livery
c.1300, "household allowance of any kind (food, provisions, clothing) to retainers or servants," from Anglo-Fr. livere (late 13c.), O.Fr. livrée, originally "(clothes) delivered by a master to his servants," from fem. pp. of livrer "to dispense, deliver, hand over," from L. liberare (see
EXPAND liberate). The sense later was reduced to "servants' rations" and "provender for horses" (mid-15c.). The former led to the meaning "distinctive clothing given to servants" (early 14c.); the latter now is obsolete except in livery stable (1705). Related: Liveried.
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