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livery
noun liveries
    1. A distinctive uniform worn by male servants belonging to a particular household or by the members of a particular trade guild.
    2. Any distinctive uniform or style, especially as used by companies so that their employees, vehicles, etc can be easily identified.
    3. The distinctive colours and decoration used to identify the buses, aircraft, etc operated by a particular company.
    4. The feeding, care, stabling and hiring out of horses for money.
    5. literary
      Distinctive markings or outward appearance.
      Example: the trees in their autumn livery
Derivative: liveried
adj
    Etymology: 14c: from French livree, from Latin liberare to free.



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