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   Liv·er·y

   /ˈliv(ə)rē/

   

   noun

   • 1. special uniform worn by a servant or official: "yeomen of the guard wearing a royal red and gold livery"
   • ▪ a special design and color scheme used on the vehicles, aircraft, or products of a particular company: "the city's trams are painted in a red and white livery"
   • 2. short for livery stable North American
   • 3. (in the UK) the members of a livery company collectively.
   • 4. a provision of food or clothing for servants. historical

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French livree ‘delivered’, feminine past participle of livrer, from Latin liberare ‘liberate’ (in medieval Latin ‘hand over’). The original sense was ‘the dispensing of food, provisions, or clothing to servants’; hence livery1 (sense 4), also ‘allowance of provender for horses’, surviving in the phrase at livery and in livery stable. livery1 (sense 1) arose because medieval nobles provided matching clothes to distinguish their servants from others'.

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   What does livery mean?

   • a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war. a uniform worn by servants. Also called livery company. British. a guild or company of the City of London entitled to wear such livery. the green livery of summer. the care, feeding, stabling, etc., of horses for pay.

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   What does livery mean in a sentence?

   • Pick the best ones! Spelling Bee Quiz Can you outdo past winners of the National Spelli... The meaning of LIVERY is a concern offering vehicles (such as boats) for rent. How to use livery in a sentence.

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   What is a livery company?

   • Membership of a livery company is denoted by an asterisk. In the larger cities, fire stations, warehouses, and livery stables were commonly used. Livery companies were vital because they controlled access to wealth and power and therefore privilege in society. Livery coats were usually made of good-quality fabric, with decorative buttons and braid.

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   What is a specific livery yard?

   • Specific livery yards are designed for competition horses, brood mares and convalescing horses etc. The majority of yards are for general use and are categorised as Full, Part or DIY. This is the term used to describe a fully managed yard, where all aspects of horse care are carried out by onsite grooms.

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   Livery can be a noun meaning a uniform, a design, a delivery, or a stable, or an adjective meaning resembling liver or suggesting liver disorder. Learn more about the word history, synonyms, examples, and related phrases of livery.

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   Livery is a noun that means a special uniform or a pattern or design on a company's things. Learn how to use livery in different contexts, such as advertising, marketing and vehicles, with examples and translations.

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   Livery is a noun that means a special uniform worn by servants or officials, or a special pattern or design on a company's things. Learn more about the meaning, usage, and history of livery with examples and translations.

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   Livery is a noun that means the colours of a company's vehicles or products, or a special uniform worn by servants or officials. Learn how to pronounce, spell and use livery in different contexts with Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

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   A livery is a place that will take care of your horse, for a fee. You will mostly see this use now in historic novels — especially the kind where a cowboy rides into town and stables his horse at the livery. The noun livery also refers to a uniform sometimes worn by male servants, like doormen, footmen, and chauffeurs.

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   Livery is a word that can mean a distinctive uniform, a business that rents out vehicles, or a method of conveying land. Learn the different meanings, synonyms, and translations of livery from various sources.