Meaning

noun a relative position or degree of value in a graded group

noun any one of two or more competitors who tie one another

noun a worker who ties something

originFrom 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”).

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