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Yeomen of the Guard processing to St George's Chapel, Windsor for the annual service of the Order of the Garter in 2006. A livery / ˈ l ɪ v ər i / is an identifying design, such as a uniform, ornament, symbol or insignia that designates ownership or affiliation, often found on an individual or vehicle.
A livery cab (North America), private hire (UK and Australasia), or minicab (London) is a car with a driver available for hire only on a pre-booked basis. These cabs are contrasted with public-hire taxicabs or hackney carriages , hailed or street taxis, licensed to ply streets and for hailing throughout communities.
Located at Buffalo, New York, the C. W. Miller Livery Stable is an example of a multi-story livery stable. The livery stable was a necessary institution of every American town, but its role has been generally overlooked by historians. In addition to providing vital transportation service, the livery usually also sold hay, grain, coal, and wood.
The term "stables" to describe the overall building is used in most major variants of English, but in American English (AmE) the singular form "stable" is also used to describe a building. In British English (BrE), the singular term "stable" refers only to a box for a single horse, while in the USA the term "box stall" or "stall" describes such ...
Livery may also refer to: Livery yard, a stable in which horse owners pay to keep their horses; Aircraft livery, a set of insignia which operators apply to their aircraft; Boat livery, a boathouse or dock where boats are let out for hire; Canoe livery, a boat livery specializing in canoes or kayaks; Taxicab livery, a set of insignia applied to ...
An aircraft livery is a set of comprehensive insignia comprising color, graphic, and typographical identifiers which operators (airlines, governments, air forces and occasionally private and corporate owners) apply to their aircraft.
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Taxi in Alexandria, Egypt. In Egypt, taxi liveries vary by governorate.The most iconic Egyptian taxis are those of Cairo (navy blue and white) and Alexandria (yellow and black), although a new Cairo livery (white with a black-and-white checkered stripe along the centre) has arisen in recent years, indicating those taxis with working meters.