tenner
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A paper note worth ten pounds
- noun
- /ˈtɛnə/
- Slang
:
billete de diez libras
- He owes me a tenner, he does.
All right, So we've played for a pan and I'm doing for a tenner.
- All right, So we've played for a pan and I'm doing for a tenner.
- But, you know, you can find almost everywhere, you can find a good boot camp class for a tenner a session.
- I used to spend around a tenner a night the most of the next day trying to piece together and remember who got laid and who put where and when.
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Examples
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- Just lend me a tenner, then.
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- Right, so you owe me a tenner.
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Well, what happened to that tenner I gave you?
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If you dropped your tenner, he would search until he found you...
Fiction book (1998) -
I bet you a tenner it's locked.
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Oh, put me in for a tenner.
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Do you think it costs a tenner?
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It'll cost a tenner, but it's worth it.
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But that'll be a tenner a week.
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I need to take out a tenner to pay for my lunch.
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Etymology
Tenner is British slang made from ten plus the ending -er, like the common word fiver for a five-pound note. So a tenner is simply a banknote worth 'ten pounds'.