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fiver

fiver

9 7.0
A banknote worth five pounds or five dollars
  • noun
  • /ˈfaɪvər/
  • Informal
translation icon : billete de cinco
  • We got back to my vehicle, and I found a fiver in my wallet.
  • take a fiver
  • Lend me a fiver
  • Give me a fiver

The people who you know, their cousin, the people who you could borrow a fiver from and they, and then they would know you would pay them back.

Examples

  • Can you spot me a fiver?

    Rampart (2011)

  • The best fiver you've spent for a long time, I should imagine.

    Sound It Out (2011)

  • Want to give us that fiver then, do ya?

    Once (2007)

  • You ought to charge the public a fiver each time to see over it.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • When I come back from town, I'll give you your fiver!

    Fiction book (1997)

  • I took a fiver from my wallet.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Easiest fiver I ever earned.

    Leon the Pig Farmer (1993)

  • "I'm short of a fiver," I explained to the tall man in the black suit.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Lend me a fiver.

    Under the Skin (1997)

  • I need to borrow a fiver to pay for my bus fare.

Synonyms

five dollar bill
vsfiver
  • US
4 1.0

A piece of United States paper money worth five dollars

is an informal term used for that same banknote and also for British notes
five-spot
vsfiver
  • Slang
1 7.8

A paper bill worth five dollars in the United States

is informal and can mean the same note in both US and UK

Surface Forms

fiver singular
fivers plural

Morphology

fiver = five (transparent) = five + er

Formed by adding the colloquial denominal suffix '-er' to 'five' to denote a banknote of that value; meaning is directly deducible from the base.

Etymology

The word fiver is made from five plus the informal -er ending, the same idea as tenner for ten. So a fiver is a casual name for a banknote worth 'five', for example 'five' pounds or 'five' dollars.