Meaning & use
tiering
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The practice of arranging things, such as products, prices, or services, into ranked levels or categories.
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The company introduced tiering of its subscription plans to appeal to different budgets.
Tiering of the cake allowed each layer to be a different flavor.
A note on using this word
Widely used in business and pricing strategy to describe splitting a product or service into multiple levels, such as basic, premium, and enterprise tiers.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
Arranging in rows or levels rising one above another.
Workers were tiering the seats for the outdoor amphitheater.
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