The Senate plan required that the commission fund the first tier and allowed it to fund the second tier only if enough money was available.
When we talk about the field, we talk about certain tiers of candidates: first-tier candidate, second-tier candidates, and underdogs.
Financial and business terms. 2012.
first-tier — ˌfirst ˈtier adjective FINANCE first tier shares shares, bonds etc in companies that are considered to be the biggest or most important: • Many first tier investment bonds gained on speculation of a rise in US interest rates. * * * first tier UK… … Financial and business terms
first-tier supplier — ➔ supplier * * * first tier supplier UK US noun [C] (also primary supplier) ► PRODUCTION a company that provides parts and materials directly to a manufacturer of goods: »Assemblers tend to rely on a few first tier suppliers, and require these… … Financial and business terms
first-tier market — The main market on which the equity of large companies is traded. There is customarily a high level of regulation and supervision in such markets. Compare: second tier market … Accounting dictionary
first-tier market — The main market on which the equity of large companies is traded. There is customarily a high level of regulation and supervision in such markets. Compare second tier market … Big dictionary of business and management
First Tier Supplier — ⇡ Modular Sourcing … Lexikon der Economics
first-tier center — The ARTCC (air route traffic control center) immediately adjacent to the impacted center … Aviation dictionary
tier — [tɪə ǁ tɪr] noun [countable] one of several levels of quality, usually three: • Investors are going for the better value represented by middle tier and lower tier junk bonds (= bonds that have a high risk of not being repaid ) . • Iberia will… … Financial and business terms
Tier One — is Scaled Composites program of suborbital human spaceflight using the reusable spacecraft SpaceShipOne and its launcher White Knight. The craft are designed by Burt Rutan, and the project is funded 20 million US Dollars by Paul Allen. In 2004 it … Wikipedia
Tier 1b — is Burt Rutan s nickname for the suborbital tourist human spaceflight platform in development at Scaled Composites with Mojave Aerospace Ventures by The Spaceship Company for Virgin Galactic. It is an evolutionary development of Tier One, the… … Wikipedia
First school — and lower school are terms used in some areas of the United Kingdom to describe the first stage of primary education. Some English Local Education Authorities have introduced First Schools since the 1960s. The notion of First Schools was mooted… … Wikipedia
