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tier

1[teer] ,
–noun
1. one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
2. one of a number of galleries, as in a theater.
3. a layer; level; stratum: The wedding cake had six tiers. All three tiers of the firm's management now report to one director.
4. Australian. a mountain range.
–verb (used with object)
5. to arrange in tiers.
–verb (used without object)
6. to rise in tiers.

Origin:
1560–70; earlier also tire, tyre, teare < MF, OF tire, tiere order, row, rank < Gmc; cf. OE, OS tīr, OHG zēri glory, adornment

ti⋅er

2[tahy-er]
–noun
1. a person or thing that ties.
2. Nautical. a short rope or band for securing a furled sail.
3. New England. a child's apron or pinafore.

Origin:
1625–35; tie + -er 1
tier 1   (tîr)   
n.  
  1. One of a series of rows placed one above another: a stadium with four tiers of seats.
  2. A rank or class.
tr. & intr.v.   tiered, tier·ing, tiers
To arrange (something) into or rise in tiers: tier a wedding cake; balconies that tier upward.

[Middle English tire, row, rank, from Old French, from tirer, to draw out; see tirade.]
ti·er 2   (tī'ər)   
n.  One that ties: a tier of knots.

Tier

Ti"er\, n. One who, or that which, ties.

Tier

Ti"er\, n. [See Tire a headdress.] A chold's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. [Written also tire.]

Tier

Tier\, n. [Perhaps fr. OF. tire, F. tire; probably of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. ziar[=i] ornament, G. zier, AS. t[=i]r glory, ti['e]r row, rank. But cf. also F. tirer to draw, pull; of Teutonic origin. Cf. Attire, v. t., Tire a headdress, but also Tirade.] A row or rank, especially one of two or more rows placed one above, or higher than, another; as, a tier of seats in a theater.

Tiers of a cable, the ranges of fakes, or windings, of a cable, laid one within another when coiled.
Language Translation for : tier
Spanish: fila,
German: die Reihe,
Japanese:

tier 
"row, rank, range," 1569, from M.Fr. tire, from O.Fr. tire "rank, sequence, order" (c.1210), probably from tirer "to draw, draw out" (see tirade). Some suggests the O.Fr. noun is from a Gmc. source akin to O.H.G. ziari, Ger. Zier "adornment," O.E. tir "glory, honor."

tier

A grouping of securities, usually by company size or security quality. See also secondary stock.

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