ten-spot

Hamilton bill, informally

A ten-spot is a ten-dollar bill: Can you lend me a ten-spot until Friday?

The term extends to any denomination of ten, including a ten in playing cards.

The slang has an old-fashioned, casual feel.

slang

sawbuck

Ten bucks, informally

bill

Hamilton

First Treasury secretary

portrait · engraving · watermark · paper · rectangular · currency · counterfeit · crisp · fold · crumpled

cash

wallet

Small case for currency

register · change · payment · transaction · checkout · tip · pocket · purse · billfold · spending

purchase

groceries

Food bought at stores

snack · magazine · parking · vending · fast-food · bargain

Opposites
monetary denomination

ten-spotsingle

One in number

sawbuck · twenty · fin · buck · five-spot

CARD VALUE (playing cards)

ten-spotace

Single-pip card

deuce · trey · king · queen · jack

Family

ten, spot, tens, spots, tenth, tenths, spotted, spotting, spotty

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G