"fiver" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfaɪvɚ/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-fiver.ogg [Australia] Forms: fivers [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪvə(ɹ) Etymology: From five + -er (measurement suffix) or + -er (“supporter”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|five|-er|id2=measurement|pos2=measurement suffix}} five + -er (measurement suffix), {{suf|en||er|id2=ideology|t2=supporter}} + -er (“supporter”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} fiver (plural fivers)
  1. (slang) A banknote with a value of five units of currency. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Money Translations (banknote): vijfje [neuter] (Dutch), vitonen (Finnish), femma (Finnish), Fünfer [masculine] (German), ötös (Hungarian), ötdolláros (english: more commonly specified with the currency:) (Hungarian), öteurós (Hungarian), ötfontos etc. (Hungarian), páipéar cúig phunt [masculine] (Irish), пятёрка (pjatjórka) (Russian), papur pum punt (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-fiver-en-noun-fWKWMGG9 Disambiguation of Money: 24 22 4 20 13 17 Disambiguation of 'banknote': 68 6 5 5 6 9
  2. (slang, by extension) The value in money that this represents. Tags: broadly, slang Categories (topical): Money
    Sense id: en-fiver-en-noun-0rCWwai4 Disambiguation of Money: 24 22 4 20 13 17
  3. (colloquial) A clenched fist. Tags: colloquial Synonyms: bunch of fives
    Sense id: en-fiver-en-noun-iBA2poWy
  4. A mathematical puzzle played on a 5 × 5 grid. Categories (topical): Money
    Sense id: en-fiver-en-noun-7nivGqFA Disambiguation of Money: 24 22 4 20 13 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (ideology), English terms suffixed with -er (measurement) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 15 3 36 21 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 13 5 35 23 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (ideology): 10 13 11 30 22 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (measurement): 7 14 11 32 22 13
  5. (Islam) A Zaydi Shiite Muslim, who disagrees with the majority of Shiites on the identity of the Fifth Imam. Categories (topical): Islam, Money, People
    Sense id: en-fiver-en-noun-T~6rcMxH Disambiguation of Money: 24 22 4 20 13 17 Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 6 67 26 Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion
  6. (religion) A person who gives five percent of their income or five hours a week of their time to charity (a reduction of ten percent tithing). Categories (topical): Religion, Money
    Sense id: en-fiver-en-noun-mSnV1kqa Disambiguation of Money: 24 22 4 20 13 17 Topics: lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: nine-to-fiver, tenner

Inflected forms

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