livery

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A distinctive uniform worn by the male servants of a household.
• noun The distinctive dress worn by the members of a particular group; uniform.
• noun The costume or insignia worn by the retainers of a feudal lord.
• noun The boarding and care of horses for a fee.
• noun The hiring out of horses and carriages.
• noun A livery stable.
• noun A business that offers vehicles, such as automobiles or boats, for hire.
• noun Law Official delivery of property, especially land, to a new owner.

from The Century Dictionary.

• Resembling the liver: as, a livery color, texture, etc.
• To clothe in or as if in livery.
• noun Delivery; allowance; grant; permission.
• noun In law: The act of giving possession; delivery.
• noun The charter or deed of possession accompanying the delivery.
• noun Release from constraint or control; deliverance.
• noun Delivery (of blows).
• noun An allowance of food or other provisions statedly given out; a ration, as to a family, to servants, to horses, etc.
• noun Keeping on a certain or regular allowance at a certain rate; regular keeping and attendance: now used only of horses: as, to keep a horse at livery.
• noun A regular distribution of uniform garments, badges, etc., to any body of men; hence, a uniform style prescribed for the dress of a body of servants, followers, or associates.
• noun A badge, cognizance, garment, or entire costume of uniform fashion formerly marking the retainers of a feudal lord, the followers of a military superior, or the members of a company, as a gild or corporation; at the present time, the dress worn by servants, especially men servants, when of peculiar fashion and indicating whom it is that they serve.
• noun Figuratively, any characteristic dress, or a dress assumed for or worn upon a particular occasion; hence, characteristic covering or outward appearance: as, the livery of May or of autumn.
• noun A livery-stable.
• noun Same as livery company: as, the London liveries.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• transitive verb To clothe in, or as in, livery.
• noun The act of delivering possession of lands or tenements.
• noun The writ by which possession is obtained.
• noun Release from wardship; deliverance.
• noun That which is delivered out statedly or formally, as clothing, food, etc.
• noun The uniform clothing issued by feudal superiors to their retainers and serving as a badge when in military service.
• noun The peculiar dress by which the servants of a nobleman or gentleman are distinguished.
• noun Hence, also, the peculiar dress or garb appropriated by any association or body of persons to their own use; ; also, the whole body or company of persons wearing such a garb, and entitled to the privileges of the association.
• noun Hence, any characteristic dress or outward appearance.
• noun An allowance of food statedly given out; a ration, as to a family, to servants, to horses, etc.
• noun The feeding, stabling, and care of horses for compensation; boarding.
• noun The keeping of horses in readiness to be hired temporarily for riding or driving; the state of being so kept; also, the place where horses are so kept, also called a livery stable.
• noun A low grade of wool.
• noun the gown worn by a liveryman in London.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants.
• noun The paint scheme of a vehicle or fleet of vehicles.
• noun US A taxicab or limousine.
• noun law The delivery of property from one owner to the next.
• noun historical The rental of horses or carriages; the rental of canoes; the care and/or boarding of horses for money.
• noun historical A stable that keeps horses or carridges for rental.
• verb archaic To clothe in.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• adjective suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress
• noun the care (feeding and stabling) of horses for pay
• noun uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs
• noun the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another