Tailor

  • 1tailor — 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

  • 2Tailor — 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

  • 3tailor — [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

  • 4Tailor — 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

  • 5tailor — 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

  • 6tailor — 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

  • 7tailor — [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

  • 8Tailor — 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 …

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  • 9tailor — index conform, transform Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 10tailor — ► 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… …

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