Meaning

12 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants.

    Livree

    ливре́яlivréja

    лівре́яlivréja

    uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs

  2. (countable, uncountable)The whole body of liverymen, members of livery companies.

  3. (countable, uncountable)The paint scheme of a vehicle or fleet of vehicles.

    The airline's new livery received a mixed reaction from the press.

    Anstrich

  4. (US, countable, uncountable)A taxicab or limousine.

  5. (countable, uncountable)The delivery of property from one owner to the next.

  6. (countable, uncountable)The writ by which property is obtained.

  7. (countable, historical, uncountable)The rental of horses or carriages; the rental of canoes; the care and/or boarding of horses for money.

    the care (feeding and stabling) of horses for pay

  8. (countable, historical, uncountable)A stable that keeps horses or carriages for rental.

  9. (countable, uncountable)An allowance of food; a ration, as given out to a family, to servants, to horses, etc.

  10. (countable, uncountable)Release from wardship; deliverance.

  11. (countable, uncountable)A low grade of wool.

  12. (countable, uncountable)Outward markings, fittings or appearance

Examples

1 sentences
  1. With their boldly coloured liveries, the trains that roll into Zurich Central Station are clean and, above all, on time.

    deFarbenprächtig, sauber und vor allem pünktlich rollen die Züge in den gediegenen Hauptbahnhof in Zürich. — al_ex_an_der

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
distinctive uniform worn by a group:
Русский
By meaning 1
distinctive uniform worn by a group:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
distinctive uniform worn by a group:
paint scheme:

Origin

From Middle English livery, liveree, from Anglo-Norman liveree, from Old French livree. Co

From Middle English livery, liveree, from Anglo-Norman liveree, from Old French livree. Compare modern French livrée.

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Forms

plural: liveries
Singularlivery
Pluralliveries

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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