Meaning & use
livery
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a distinctive uniform or set of colors worn by servants, or the distinctive paint scheme used to identify a company's vehicles.
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The footmen wore the family's traditional livery of green and gold.
The airline repainted its planes in a new livery last year.
A note on using this word
Livery originally referred to servants' uniforms but is now common in business contexts, especially for branded vehicle or aircraft paint schemes.
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