Definition of "two-tier" []

• Having or consisting of two tiers. (adjective)

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• "As a consequence of this retreat from public responsibility, we have created a two-tier society in which many of the rich have pulled away from everyone else, and millions of Americans, lacking economic security and decent health insurance, wonder what stake they have in a growing economy."
• "We wanted to find a point of weakness, an issue where the public had serious doubts, so we drew up a list of possibilities: fairness in society, his trigger-happy attitude toward nuclear war, the two-tier economy, his age and mental acuity, and his bellicose approach to foreign affairs."
• "First of all, no one but organized labor categorically opposes the two-tier system."