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tailor — tai‧lor [ˈteɪlə ǁ ər] verb [transitive] to make something or put something together so that it is exactly right for someone s needs: • We can tailor the insurance policy to fit your family s needs. tailored adjective : • tailored financial advice … Financial and business terms
Tailor — Tai lor, n. [OF. tailleor, F. tailleur, fr. OF. taillier, F. tailler to cut, fr. L. talea a rod, stick, a cutting, layer for planting. Cf. {Detail}, {Entail}, {Retail}, {Tally}, n.] 1. One whose occupation is to cut out and make men s garments;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tailor — [tā′lər] n. [ME < OFr tailleor < taillier, to cut, decide, fix < VL taliare, to split, cut, orig. prob. to prune < L talea, a stick, twig, scion < IE base * tal , to grow, sprout > ON thǫll, young fir] a person who makes,… … English World dictionary
Tailor — Tai lor, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tailored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tailoring}.] To practice making men s clothes; to follow the business of a tailor. [1913 Webster] These tailoring artists for our lays Invent cramped rules. M. Green. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tailor — made. A pre rolled, factory made cigarette as opposed to(and presumably better than) one which is self made and hand rolled. Hey, can I bum a tailor? These rollies are killing me … Dictionary of american slang
tailor — made. A pre rolled, factory made cigarette as opposed to(and presumably better than) one which is self made and hand rolled. Hey, can I bum a tailor? These rollies are killing me … Dictionary of american slang
tailor — [n] person who sews clothing clothier, costumier, couturier, dressmaker, garment maker, needle worker*, outfitter, suit maker; concept 348 tailor [v] make to fit; adjust accommodate, adapt, alter, conform, convert, custom make, cut, cut to fit,… … New thesaurus
Tailor — est un outil permettant d effectuer des conversions de jeu de modification (changeset) entre ArX, Bazaar, Bazaar NG, CVS, Codeville, Darcs, Git, Mercurial, Monotone, Subversion et Tla repositories. Liens externes Site officiel … Wikipédia en Français
tailor — index conform, transform Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
tailor — ► NOUN ▪ a person whose occupation is making men s outer garments for individual customers. ► VERB 1) make (clothes) to fit individual customers. 2) make or adapt for a particular purpose or person. ORIGIN Old French taillour cutter , from Latin… … English terms dictionary
Tailor — A tailor is a person whose occupation is to sew and scissor menswear style jackets and the skirts or trousers that go with them.Although the term dates to the thirteenth century, tailor took on its modern sense in the late eighteenth century, and … Wikipedia
