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two-tier

two-tier adjective: having or consisting of two tiers.

Adjective

two-tier (not comparable)

  1. Having or consisting of two tiers.
    • Long before the final design for the Borders Railway was adopted and then implemented, CBR had argued that the 35-mile route - comprising 30 miles of new line extending southwards from Newcraighall - should be designed with a two-tier service in mind. This would comprise stopping services running...2019 November 6, Robert Drysdale, “Wires offer boost to Borders revival”, in Rail, page 44
    • We have a two-tier system of Justice in the United States that cannot be allowed to continue.2022 October 13, Donald J. Trump, “PEACEFULLY AND PATRIOTICALLY”, archived from the original on 14 Oct 2022, page 2
    Synonyms:
    two-tiered
  2. (labour) Relating to the two-tier system, a payroll system in which one group of workers receives lower wages and/or benefits than another.
    • the two-tier regime
    • a two-tier accounting structure
  3. (UK, derogatory) Giving preferential treatment to one group over another.
    • two-tier policing
    • two-tier Keir (nickname for prime minister Keir Starmer)

two-tier meaning in Tamil

two-tier in Tamil

ஈரடுக்கு, இரண்டடுக்கு

Synonyms of two-tier

Phrases with two-tier

Questions about two-tier

What does two-tier mean?
Two-tier means having or consisting of two tiers.
What is two-tier in Tamil?
Two-tier in Tamil is ஈரடுக்கு, இரண்டடுக்கு. See Two-tier meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is two-tier?
Two-tier is an adjective.

Words near two-tier in the dictionary

  1. two-thousanders
  2. two-thousandsies
  3. two-thousandth
  4. two-thousandths
  5. two-throw
  6. two-tier
  7. two-tier Keir
  8. two-tiered
  9. two-time
  10. two-time loser
  11. two-time losers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: two-tier (page history and authors); two-tier (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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