Definition of 'tier'
Word forms: plural tiers
1. countable noun
A tier is a row or layer of something that has other layers above or below it.
...the auditorium with the tiers of seats around and above it.
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2. countable noun
A tier is a level in an
organization or system.
Islanders have campaigned for the abolition of one of the three tiers of municipal
power.
[+ of]
Tier is also a combining form.
...the possibility of a two-tier system of universities.
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tier in British English 2
noun
a person or thing that
ties
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tier in American English 1
noun
1.
a row, or rank, of seats
2.
any of a
series of rows, layers, ranks, etc. arranged one above or behind another
verb transitive, verb intransitive
3.
to arrange or be arranged in tiers
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Word origin
< OFr tire, order, rank, dress < Frank *teri (akin to OHG ziari, beauty, OE tir, glory) < IE *dēiro- < base *dei-, to gleam >
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British English: tier NOUN
A tier is a row or layer of something that has other layers above or below it.
...the auditorium with the tiers of seats around and above it.
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