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   tier

   /tɪə/

   noun

   • 1. each in a series of rows or levels of a structure placed one above the other: "a tier of seats" Similar rowrankbanklinelayerlevelplanefloorstoreydeck
   • ▪ each of a number of successively overlapping ruffles or flounces on a garment: "a full skirt gathered into three tiers"
   • ▪ a level or grade within the hierarchy of an organization or system: "companies have taken out a tier of management to save money" Similar gradegradationstepechelonpoint on the scalerung on the ladderarchaic:degree
   • ▪ (in Tasmania and South Australia) a forested mountain range, especially one of a series: "open plains bordered by far extending precipitous mountain tiers"

   Word Origin late 15th century: from French tire ‘sequence, order’, from tirer ‘elongate, draw’.

   Scrabble Points: 4

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