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fiv·er

 (fī′vər)
n. Informal
1. A five-dollar bill.
2. Chiefly British A five-pound note.
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fiver

(ˈfaɪvə)
n
1. (Currencies) (in Britain) a five-pound note
2. (Currencies) (in the US) a five-dollar bill
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fiv•er

(ˈfaɪ vər)

n. Informal.
1. a five-dollar bill.
2. Brit. a five-pound note.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.fiver - a United States bill worth 5 dollarsfiver - a United States bill worth 5 dollars
bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, banknote, Federal Reserve note, government note, greenback, bill, note - a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes"
nickel note, nickel - five dollars worth of a drug; "a nickel bag of drugs"; "a nickel deck of heroin"
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Translations
ورقَة نقديه بقيمة 5
pětka
femmer
ötdollárosötfontos bankjegy
fimm pund/dollarar
päťka
beşlik

fiver

[ˈfaɪvəʳ] N (= banknote) (Brit) → billete m de cinco libras (US) → billete de cinco dólares; (= amount) (Brit) → cinco libras fpl (US) → cinco dólares mpl
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

fiver

[ˈfaɪvər] n
(British)billet m de cinq livres
(US)billet m de cinq dollarsfive-star hotel nhôtel m cinq étoiles
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

fiver

n (inf)Fünfpfund-/Fünfdollarschein m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

fiver

[ˈfaɪvəʳ] n (fam) (Brit) → biglietto da cinque sterline (000) (Am) → biglietto da cinque dollari
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

five

(faiv) noun
1. the number or figure 5.
2. the age of 5.
adjective
1. 5 in number.
2. aged 5.
five-
having five (of something). a five-apartment house.
ˈfiver noun
(a banknote worth) #5 or $5. It cost me a fiver.
ˈfive-year-old noun
a person or animal that is five years old.
adjective
(of a person, animal or thing) that is five years old.
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References in classic literature ?
If a fiver isn't enough for you, make it a tenner, but keep her going where I put her."
Just at this moment I am hard up myself for a fiver. I only want it for a day or two.
"Never mind," he said, with a short laugh, "I meant to give you a fiver, but it don't make much odds.
"I had intended to slip a fiver into his hand, but for all his surprise, he was too quick for me.
"'I like you still better,' I said, adding a second fiver. 'You grow perfect.
"I'll give you a fiver, and you can go away from Saturday to Monday.
But I'm always ready to back my opinion on a matter of fowls, and I have a fiver on it that the bird I ate is country bred."
"Well, then, you've lost your fiver, for it's town bred," snapped the salesman.
"'I'll lay you a fiver,' said I, 'that when he has my offer you'll never so much as hear from him again.'
"I'll bet a fiver it isn't loaded," Bertie proposed warmly.
As to money, well, so far as a fiver or even a tenner goes you can always look to me."
So he is to have a fiver a week while he keeps me alive, and he's going to be married next month.