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livery

/ˈlɪvəri/

B2CEFR level
72/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

Law noun

The characteristic visual styling, colours, and get-up by which a business's goods or services are recognised.

Passengers associated the airline's orange livery so strongly that a rival's imitation risked passing off.

Similar: get-up, trade dress

Topic: Intellectual property in Legal English

Business noun

The consistent visual identity, colors, and markings applied across a brand's physical assets.

The fleet's new livery turned every delivery van into a moving billboard.

Topic: Marketing & brand in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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