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50

50

∞ 1.0
A number equal to half of one hundred
  • numeral
translation icon : cincuenta
  • Small enterprises are those with fewer than 50 employees, while medium-sized enterprises have fewer than 250.
  • 50 percent
  • 50 years
  • 50 years old

Examples

  • We're like 50 miles outside of Milwaukee.

    Enter Nowhere (2015)

  • Whether they get Williams back or not, he gets his $50.

    The Front Page (1974)

  • I got about 50 to 100 more coming in after this group.

    Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

  • Okay, we have 50 feet of rope.

    Fall (2022)

  • How would you like a $50 cut in salary?

    Double Indemnity (1944)

  • The minimum possible score on each scale is 50, and the maximum possible score is 150.

    Academic text (2011)

  • We're now 50 feet above the floor of the turbine room... on an incredible moving crane.

    The China Syndrome (1979)

  • Over the next four years, he built about 50 more roller coasters around the country.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Director Rob Warden estimates there are about 50 exonerations each year from both DNA and non-DNA cases.

    Academic text (2011)

  • There are 50 students in the classroom today.

Synonyms

fifty
vs50
876 1.0

The number that is ten more than forty

is written as digits rather than letters
L
vs50
1.0

The Roman numeral for fifty

is written as modern digits rather than that symbol

Surface Forms

50 cardinal digit
fifty cardinal word

Etymology

50 Comes from the way English builds numbers: it is five plus the ending -ty, which means 'ten'. So 50 literally means 'five tens', which is why it equals five times ten.