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■ noun ( plural liveries )
1》 a special uniform worn by a servant, an official, or a member of a City Company.
↘a distinctive design and colour scheme used on a company's vehicles, aircraft, or products.
2》 (in the UK) the members of a City ~ company collectively.
3》 historical a provision of food or clothing for servants.
4》 (in full ~ of seisin ) Brit. historical the ceremonial procedure at common law of conveying freehold land to a grantee.
Phrases
at ~ (of a horse) kept for the owner and fed and cared for at a fixed charge.
Derivatives
liveried adjective
Origin
ME (in the sense 'the dispensing of food or clothing to servants', also 'allowance of provender for horses', surviving in the phr. at ~ and in ~ stable ): from OFr. livree 'delivered', feminine past participle of livrer , from L. liberare 'liberate'.
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■ adjective
1》 resembling liver in colour or consistency.
↘ informal liverish.
2》 dialect (of soil) heavy.