fifty dollar bill
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- noun
- /ˈfɪfti ˈdɑːlər bɪl/
- US
:
billete de cincuenta dólares
- The waiter gave me change for the fifty dollar bill I used to pay the bill.
- a crisp fifty-dollar bill
- pulled out a fifty-dollar bill
- handed him a fifty-dollar bill
Examples
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He opens the other envelope and fans out a stack of new fifty-dollar bills.
Fiction book (1994) -
I paid for my groceries with a fifty dollar bill.
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I put a fifty-dollar bill on the counter.
Fiction book (1992) -
I remember having a fifty-dollar bill and a credit card in my desk drawer.
Fiction book (1999) -
I reach into my cash box underneath the counter and pull up six fifty-dollar bills.
Fiction book (1991) -
She handed him an envelope, and Lucky opened it and counted out seven fifty-dollar bills.
Fiction book (1997) -
The Indian girl in the office was reluctant to give Janice change for the fifty-dollar bill she presented until the morning, when the owner could examine it.
Fiction book (1993) -
I sat down at one of the five-dollar blackjack tables, gave the dealer a fifty-dollar bill, and she gave me ten red chips.
Fiction book (1994) -
He extends his wallet toward the trooper, a folded fifty-dollar bill protruding from it.
Fiction book (1996) -
He found a fifty dollar bill in the old coat he hadn't worn in years.
Synonyms
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A United States bill worth half of one hundred dollars
How Valuable
- US
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- US
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a US banknote worth fifty dollars' is directly and transparently composed from the parts 'fifty' (the numeral), 'dollar' (unit of currency) and 'bill' (paper money); a B1 learner who knows these words will readily infer the phrase. This compositional pattern for naming banknotes is cross-linguistically common and follows standard noun-noun construction rules, so the expression is immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
The noun fifty dollar bill names a US paper note and its parts are clear: fifty (the number), dollar (the currency) and bill (a piece of paper money). So the phrase simply means 'worth fifty dollars'.