Tier

What “Tier” means

Noun

1. One who ties (knots, etc.).
2. Something that ties.
3. A child's apron.

Noun

1. A row or range, especially one at a higher or lower level than another.
2. A rank or grade; a stratum.
3. A (typically forested) range of hills or mountains, especially in South Australia or Tasmania; a mountain.
4. A horizontal row of panels within a comic strip.

Verb

1. To arrange in layers.
2. To cascade in an overlapping sequence.
3. To move (data) from one storage medium to another as an optimization, based on how frequently it is accessed.

Where the word comes from

From tie + -er.

From Middle French tier, from Old French tire (“rank, sequence, order, kind”), probably from tirer (“to draw, draw out”). Alternatively, from a Germanic source related to Middle English tir (“honour, glory, power, rule”), Old English tīr (“glory, honour, fame”), Old Norse tírr (“glory, honour, renown”).

Business name ideas with “Tier”

Industries where “Tier” fits

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• Cake Business