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Meaning of "livery" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LIVERY

Via Anglo-French from Old French livrée allocation, from livrer to hand over, from Latin līberāre to set free.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LIVERY

livery  [ˈlɪvərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LIVERY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Livery is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LIVERY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

livery

Livery

A livery /ˈlɪvəri/ is a uniform, insignia or symbol adorning, in a non-military context, a person, an object or a vehicle that denotes a relationship between the wearer of the livery and an individual or corporate body. Often, elements of the heraldry relating to the individual or corporate body feature in the livery. Alternatively, some kind of a personal emblem or badge, or a distinctive colour, is featured. The word itself derives from the French livrée, meaning dispensed, handed over. Most often it would indicate that the wearer of the livery was a servant, dependent, follower or friend of the owner of the livery, or, in the case of objects, that the object belonged to them. The phrase "to sue one's livery" refers to the formal recognition of a noble's majority, in exchange of payment, for conferring the powers attached to his title, and thereby freeing him from dependence as a ward.

Definition of livery in the English dictionary

The first definition of livery in the dictionary is the identifying uniform, badge, etc, of a member of a guild or one of the servants of a feudal lord. Other definition of livery is a uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs. Livery is also an individual or group that wears such a uniform.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LIVERY


antislavery
ˌæntɪˈsleɪvərɪ
bravery
ˈbreɪvərɪ
delivery
dɪˈlɪvərɪ
herbivory
hɜːˈbɪvərɪ
ivory
ˈaɪvərɪ
knavery
ˈneɪvərɪ
nondelivery
ˌnɒndɪˈlɪvərɪ
olivary
ˈɒlɪvərɪ
postdelivery
ˌpəʊstdɪˈlɪvərɪ
predelivery
ˌpriːdɪˈlɪvərɪ
redelivery
ˌriːdɪˈlɪvərɪ
rivery
ˈrɪvərɪ
salivary
ˈsælɪvərɪ
Savery
ˈseɪvərɪ
savory
ˈseɪvərɪ
savoury
ˈseɪvərɪ
shivery
ˈʃɪvərɪ
slavery
ˈsleɪvərɪ
special-delivery
ˌspɛʃəldɪˈlɪvərɪ
unsavoury
ʌnˈseɪvərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LIVERY

liver salts
liver sausage
liver spot
liveried
liveries
livering
liverish
liverishness
liverleaf
liverless
livermorium
Liverpolitan
Liverpool
Liverpudlian
liverwort
liverwurst
livery company
livery stable
liveryman
liverymen

WORDS THAT END LIKE LIVERY

at livery
breech delivery
cash on delivery
collect on delivery
connivery
discovery
every
express delivery
forward delivery
general delivery
home delivery
jail delivery
pizza delivery
quivery
recorded delivery
recovery
rural delivery
silvery
special delivery
very

Synonyms and antonyms of livery in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LIVERY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «livery» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of livery

Translation of «livery» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LIVERY

Find out the translation of livery to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of livery from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «livery» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

制服
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

librea
570 millions of speakers

English

livery
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पोशाक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كسوة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ливрея
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

libré
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চাপরাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

livrée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hati
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Livree
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カラーリング
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정복
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ati
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

màu mơ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பணியாளர் உடை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोशाख
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

üniforma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

livrea
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Malowanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ліврея
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

livrea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στολή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

livrei
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

livré
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

livery
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of livery

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LIVERY»

The term «livery» is quite widely used and occupies the 31.674 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LIVERY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «livery» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «livery» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about livery

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIVERY»

Discover the use of livery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to livery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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London's livery companies and metropolitan government, ...
to the livery companies. The failure of the New Corporation of the Suburbs reaffirmed the standing of companies in the metropolitan economy, and the lapse of the post-Fire Acts — the only other serious challenge to the legal privileges of the ...
Joseph P. Ward, Stanford University. Dept. of History, 1992
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Report of the Executive Council of Iowa of Expenses and ...
W. C. SCHOLTY~ J. June 4th livery 3.50; 9th livery 3.50: November 27th liverg 3.50, telephone .45. ieed for_team .35. telephone .20; 281 telephone .10; December lst livery 3.50, feed for team .35; 3d livery 3.50; 7th livery 3.50 livery 3 50; ...
Iowa. Executive Council, 1906
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An Historical Essay on the Livery Companies of London, with ...
being or the greater number of them they shall and may elect chuse and admit into the Livery or Cloathing of the said Company such person and persons free of the said Company as they shall think fit and meet. Which person or persons so ...
R J. Cheeswright, 1881
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The city livery companies and their corporate property, by ...
6 THE LIVERY FRANCHISE. violence of its objurgations, which show as little sense of the fitness of things as does a sailor's parrot when it shrieks out, " You thief, you wretch, you rascal !" to a man putting on his hat. A substantial volume in  ...
L B. S, 1885
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Joint Documents of the State of Michigan for the Year ...
False, applicant, hack, 50c; 1 day, $8 Fare, Merrill and return, 11.33 ; livery, $1; dinner, 50o _- _. Sept. 25. Investigating home, Geo. Alderton, applicant, back, 50c; 1 day, S3 _ Fare. U«m lock and retnrn, S 1. 10; livery, $1.50; dinner, 50o Sept.
Michigan, 1898
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Annual Report of the Board of State Auditors for the State ...
22, 1901, March 22, 29, April 2, , 8, 14, 1 02) investigating home of “applicant” and visiting 6 “wards," railway fare, $1.28; hotel, $1.50; livery, $3; services, 26 78 Watson F. Bisbee. Services and expenses hy direction of superintendent (April 14, ...
Michigan. Board of State Auditors, 1902
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Rich Apparel: Clothing and the Law in Henry VIII's England
Livery consisted of clothing of a specific style, colour and cloth, given by one individual to another, and it served several distinct functions. It could create a sense of corporate identity, it could mark out an individual as being in the service of ...
Maria Hayward, 2009
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Practical Horse Law: A Guide for Owners and Riders
There are two main options on where to keep your horse: at home using your own land and stabling, or at livery or on someone else's land. Keeping the horse at livery basically means that you keep your horse at someone else's premises in  ...
Brenda Gilligan, 2008
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Annual Report
Expenditures of Board of State Charities — Continued. 1891. Sept. 29. " 30. Oct. 1. " 2. " 15. ' 16. " 17. " 19. " 20. '' 21 Brought forward Hotel at Lafayette Livery at Lafayette Hotel at Fowler Livery at Fowler Hotel at Kentland Livery at Kentland ...
‎1892
10
The Touchstone of Common Assurances: Or, A Plain and ...
therefore is the letter of attorney be to give livery of seisin to /. S. Perk. Sect, and the attorney give it to /. S. and W. S. this livery is good to l~9- 1. S and void to W. S. So if the letter of attorney he to give li- 7?' ^ very of seisin of while acre only, and ...
William Sheppard, Edward Hilliard, 1785

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIVERY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term livery is used in the context of the following news items.
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BMW unveils Alex Zanardi's Vaillant cartoon livery for Spa 24 Hours …
Its livery was inspired by Michel Vaillant comics, which first appeared ... stages of the race to raise money for charity with its own cartoon livery. «autosport.com, Jul 15»
2
GOL reveals new livery - Business Traveller
Brazillian airline GOL has unveiled its new branding. The low-cost carrier's corporate redesign includes a new logo and livery. GOL new livery. «Business Traveller, Jul 15»
3
Livery fleets, China sales XTend life of Cadillac XTS
But strong sales in China, along with demand from livery fleets, will keep the car in existence long after the similarly sized CT6 sedan hits ... «Automotive News, Jul 15»
4
Police hunting for suspects in robbery of livery cab driver in the …
Police in the Bronx are looking for suspects in the robbery of a livery cab driver. They attacked the driver as he dropped off a customer on ... «WABC-TV, Jul 15»
5
PICTURE: Gol unveils new livery
Gol unveiled the new livery on 15 July on its 100th Boeing 737 directly delivered from Boeing. The airline is an all-737 operator. The carrier's ... «Flightglobal, Jul 15»
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Brazil's GOL to Launch New Livery
Brazilian carrier GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes has unveiled a new livery during a event that also marked the arrival of its hundredth Boeing ... «Airways News, Jul 15»
7
The Livery - 10th Anniversary bottle release
The Livery does some outstanding stuff and they have managed to stay virtually unknown. August 22, hmmm... JohnnyHopps, Today at 2:28 ... «BeerAdvocate.com, Jul 15»
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MotoGP Germany: Suzuki unveils retro GSX-R, Schwantz livery
This is the special livery to be used by Suzuki Ecstar riders Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales during this weekend's German MotoGP and ... «crash.net, Jul 15»
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Brooklyn woman, 50, fatally struck by livery car: police
A 50-year-old woman was fatally struck by a livery car in Brooklyn Thursday night, police said. The victim, whose name was not immediately ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
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No Criminal Charges For Livery Driver Who Crashed Into Belleville …
Police will not be filing criminal charges against the livery cab driver who crashed into a Belleville police car near Mill Street and Washington ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»

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