"fiver" meaning in English

See fiver in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfaɪvɚ/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-fiver.ogg 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 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 'banknote': 69 7 5 5 5 9
  2. (slang, by extension) The value in money that this represents. Tags: broadly, slang
    Sense id: en-fiver-en-noun-0rCWwai4 Categories (other): Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 8 12 8 30 31 11
  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: 21 21 3 26 14 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (ideology), English terms suffixed with -er (measurement), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 16 3 37 21 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (ideology): 9 14 9 32 22 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (measurement): 7 15 10 34 22 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 17 9 37 18 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 16 4 37 24 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 17 4 39 21 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 9 15 11 36 19 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 13 9 33 26 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 14 10 35 21 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 7 10 7 30 22 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 8 12 8 30 31 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 15 8 37 20 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 9 15 10 37 19 10
  5. (Islam) A Zaydi Shiite Muslim, who disagrees with the majority of Shiites on the identity of the Fifth Imam. Categories (topical): Islam, People
    Sense id: en-fiver-en-noun-T~6rcMxH Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 7 74 19 Categories (other): Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 8 12 8 30 31 11 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
    Sense id: en-fiver-en-noun-mSnV1kqa Categories (other): Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 8 12 8 30 31 11 Topics: lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: nine-to-fiver, tenner

Inflected forms

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