0 used to describe a product, organization, etc. that is not among the biggest, most successful, or most important of its type:
Could a second-tier power take the lead in tackling this second-rank issue?
Second, the collapse of elite rule should not signal the demise of second-tier elite lineages.
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s the number of retired persons in receipt of private second-tier pensions grew rapidly as schemes matured.
Thus, second-tier pensions will become increasingly important for maintaining an adequate income in old age.
In contrast, only four out of ten elderly women had a private second-tier pension, averaging £51 a week.
Note that the procedure for adjusting the target level of first-tier benefits has the same effect as both indexation and valorization for second-tier pensions.
The recent stakeholder pensions are one instance of trying to move from a state to a private second-tier pension.
However, no such protection is available for second-tier pensions, and significant differences in potential future entitlement were found according to current role occupancy.
