tier 1 and tier 2 meaning

• [Finance]
  Descriptions of the capital adequacy of banks. Tier 1 refers to core capital while Tier 2 refers to items such as undisclosed resources.

• tier:    Noun: tier &n ...
• tier 2 capital:    [Economics]In capi ...
• tier 1 capital:    [Business]noun [U] ...

Examples

1. Several matches were played between Tier 1 and Tier 2 teams in 2012.
2. Promotion and relegation between Tier 1 and Tier 2 was in operation in the 2009 championship.
3. Lenovo will provide tier 1 and tier 2 support for the produce, with tier 3 support escalated to Cloudian.
4. The ratios, Tier 1 and Tier 2 capital, are used to gauge a bank's capital strength, and its ability to expand.
5. I talked to Carbonite tier 1 and tier 2 tech support a few times, and some said that it just takes that long and others said that something is wrong.