Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - livery
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(liveries) 1. A servant’s livery is the special uniform that he or she wears. N-VAR 2. The livery of a particular company is the special design or set of colours associated with it that is put on its products and possessions. ...buffet cars in the railway company’s bright red and yellow livery. N-COUNT: usu with poss ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun (plural -eries) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French liveree, livree, literally, de~, from liverer to deliver, from Latin liberare to free — more at liberate Date: 14th century 1. archaic the apportioning of provisions especially to servants ; allowance 2. a. the distinctive clothing or badge formerly worn by the retainers of a person of rank b. a servant's uniform c. distinctive dress ; garb d. chiefly British an identifying design (as on a vehicle) that designates ownership 3. archaic a. one's retainers or retinue b. the members of a British ~ company 4. the act of delivering legal possession of property 5. a. the feeding, stabling, and care of horses for pay b. ~ stable c. a concern offering vehicles (as boats) for rent II. adjective Date: 1778 1. resembling liver 2. suggesting liver disorder ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. n. (pl. -ies) 1 a distinctive clothing worn by a member of a City Company or by a servant. b membership of a City livery company. 2 a distinctive guise or marking or outward appearance (birds in their winter livery). 3 a distinctive colour scheme in which the vehicles, aircraft, etc., of a particular company or line are painted. 4 US a place where horses can be hired. 5 hist. a provision of food or clothing for retainers etc. 6 Law a the legal delivery of property. b a writ allowing this. Phrases and idioms at livery (of a horse) kept for the owner and fed and groomed for a fixed charge. livery company Brit. one of the London City Companies that formerly had a distinctive costume. livery stable a stable where horses are kept at livery or let out for hire. Derivatives liveried adj. (esp. in senses 1, 2). Etymology: ME f. AF liver{eacute}, OF livr{eacute}e, fem. past part. of livrer DELIVER 2. adj. 1 of the consistency or colour of liver. 2 Brit. (of soil) tenacious. 3 colloq. liverish. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. ливрея livery servant —- ливрейный лакей in livery —- носящий ливрею; в ливрее (о слуге) out of livery —- в обычном костюме (о слуге) 2. ист. костюм члена гильдии 3. ист. членство в гильдии to take up one's livery —- стать членом гильдии 4. наряд, убор; покров birds in their winter livery —- птицы в зимнем оперении trees in the livery of spring —- деревья в весеннем уборе the sombre liveries of the rooks —- темный, мрачный наряд грачей 5. прокорм или содержание лошади (в платной конюшне) at livery —- помещенный в платную конюшню 6. прокат (лошадей, экипажей) 7. ам. платная конюшня; извозчичий двор 8. ист. содержание или выдача продовольствия и одежды слугам или вассалам 9. юр. ввод во владение; формальная передача собственности to receive in livery —- принять во владение (имущество) 10. документ, подтверждающий право владение 11. темно-каштановый 12. разг. страдающий болезнью печени 13. разг. желчный 14. простореч. вязкий (о почве) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I adj. 1) темно-каштановый 2) = liverish 3) раздражительный II noun 1) ливрея 2) hist. костюм члена гильдии 3) poet. наряд, убор; the livery of spring - весенний наряд (природы) 4) прокорм/содержание лошади; прокат (лошадей, экипажей, лодок и т.п.); at livery - помещенный в платную конюшню (о лошади) 5) leg. ввод во владение 6) платная конюшня 7) attr. ливрейный; - livery servant LIVERY servant ливрейный лакей LIVERY stable платная конюшня; извозчичий двор ...Англо-русский словарь
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- c.1300, from O.Fr. livrйe, from fem. pp. of livrer "dispense," from L. liberare "liberate." Originally "household allowance of any kind," later reduced to "servants' rations" and "provender for horses." The former meaning led to that of "distinctive clothing given to servants" (c.1380); the latter is now obsolete except in livery stable (1705). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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