Livery

Quick meaning: Livery is a noun meaning Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants.

Meaning

Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants.

More Meanings

1. The whole body of liverymen, members of livery companies.
2. The paint scheme of a vehicle or fleet of vehicles.
3. (US) A taxicab or limousine.
4. (law) The delivery of property from one owner to the next.
5. (law) The writ by which property is obtained.
6. (historical) The rental of horses or carriages; the rental of canoes; the care and/or boarding of horses for money.
7. (historical) A stable that keeps horses or carriages for rental.

Example Sentences

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

By wearing livery, the brewers publicly expressed guild association and solidarity.

[…] Pegasus does not stand at livery even at the largest establishment in Moorfields.

The roads were jammed with matatu minibuses sporting cartoonish liveries, and trucks billowing black smoke into the dazzling African light.

Word Forms

• liveries
• liveray
• liverie
• liverying
• liveried

Synonyms for livery

Depending on context, synonyms include sick, ill, bilious, delivery, liverish.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include delivery, liverish, sick, ill, bilious, stable.

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