fiver

Half a sawbuck

A fiver is a five-dollar or five-pound note: Can you lend me a fiver?

The term is casual and more common in British than American English.

By extension, fiver can mean any amount of five: The whole thing cost me a fiver.

british

pound

Weight, strike, or kennel

banknote · sterling · note · cash · wallet · change · spending · tip · fare · pub

american

bill

Amount owed, written

fin · Lincoln · currency · wallet · tip · denomination · change

slang

fin

Aquatic propulsion appendage

  • sawbuckTen bucks, informally
  • quidBritish pound, informally
  • breadLeavened flour product

dough · scratch · loot · moolah · cheddar · pittance

Categories
Opposites
denomination value

fivergrand

Imposing or splendid

penny · tenner · hundred · ton · monkey

cardinal vs ordinal number type

fiverfifth

Five's place in sequence

ordinal

numerical quantity

fivertenner

Slang for ten-spot

dozen · single · pair · one · ten

Phrases
Family

five, fives, fivefold, fivers

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G