small bills

Singles and fives

Small bills are paper currency in low denominations—ones, fives, tens, twenties.

The phrase typically appears when someone needs cash that's easy to make change from: Do you have any small bills?

Ransom demands and illicit payments often specify small bills because they're harder to trace than large denominations.

Related

wallet · tip · tip jar · register · pocket · walking around money · lunch money · crumpled · wad · currency · denomination · tender · greenbacks · folding money · loose · crisp · worn · petty cash

Categories
Opposites
currency denomination size

small billshundreds

Groups of one hundred

fifties · twenties

payment form

small billscheck

Order to pay

wire transfer · bank transfer · credit card · electronic payment · coins

payment format

small billswire transfer

Electronic bank-to-bank payment

cashier's check · bank draft · cryptocurrency · electronic payment · credit

Family

small, smaller, smallest, bill, bills, billed, billing, biller

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G