1. tier - Noun
2. tier - Verb
One who, or that which, ties.
A chold's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore.
A row or rank, especially one of two or more rows placed one above, or higher than, another; as, a tier of seats in a theater.
Source: Webster's dictionaryOur legislation addresses broadcasts over the public airwaves, but I hope the cable and satellite industries see the importance of this issue and voluntarily create a family tier of programming and offer culturally responsible products. Charles W. Pickering
Tier on tier of beautiful mountains and streams Blue green vistas locked in white clouds The mist makes my bandana wet Dew coats my grass cape My feet climb in straw sandals My hand holds an old wooden stick When I gaze down again on the dusty world It has become a land of phantoms and dreams to me. Hanshan
Europeans have come to realize that adding an overarching tier of tyrants-the EU-to their own government has benefited them as a second hangman enhances the health of a condemned man. Ilana Mercer
What shall a man do with a sublime tier of moral faculties, when the most profitable business out of his port is the slave-trade? So it was in Newport in those days. Harriet Beecher Stowe
A disruptive innovation is a technologically simple innovation in the form of a product, service, or business model that takes root in a tier of the market that is unattractive to the established leaders in an industry. Clayton Christensen
My Dad hated his job. He sold overcoats, but he wanted to make movies. He had a failed career working with the Ritz Brothers - they were like the Marx Brothers, only a tier below. I always had a picture in my mind of him in a straw hat. Steve Sabol