Meaning

6 senses
  1. (slang)A banknote with a value of five units of currency.

    Do you have a fiver I could borrow? I can pay you back tomorrow.

    Fünfer

    пятёркаpjatjórka

  2. (broadly, slang)The value in money that this represents.

    I bought the chocolates; they were only a fiver.

  3. (colloquial)A clenched fist.

  4. A mathematical puzzle played on a 5 × 5 grid.

  5. A Zaydi Shiite Muslim, who disagrees with the majority of Shiites on the identity of the Fifth Imam.

  6. 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).

More definitions
  • a United States bill worth 5 dollars

Examples

12 sentences
  1. I owe Tom a fiver.

    Я винен Тому п'ять фунтів.

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  2. This bag cost me a fiver.

    deDiese Tüte hat mich einen Fünfer gekostet.

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  3. Have you got two fivers for a tenner?

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  4. I'll bet you a fiver he's never heard of it.

    deIch wette mit dir um einen Fünfer, dass er noch nie was davon gehört hat.

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  5. I'll bet you a fiver she's never heard of it.

    deIch wette mit dir um einen Fünfer, dass sie nie davon gehört hat.

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Translations

2 languages
Русский
banknote:
Deutsch
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Origin

From five + -er (measurement suffix) or + -er (“supporter”).

From five + -er (measurement suffix) or + -er (“supporter”).

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Forms

plural: fivers
Singularfiver
Pluralfivers

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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