fiver

«fiver» in Mova's school dictionary: an informal word for a five-pound note in the UK or a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a fiver, fivers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A fiver is an informal word for a five-pound note in the UK or a five-dollar note in some other countries. tree →

2) A fiver can mean five pounds or five dollars of money. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday British, Irish, Australian and New Zealand talk children get a fiver as pocket money or a present. In maths money problems «a fiver» means 5. Phrases: «a fiver», «it costs a fiver», «lend me a fiver».

examples

• Grandma gave me a fiver for my birthday. tree →
• The tickets cost a fiver each. tree →
• Can you lend me a fiver? tree →
• I paid with a fiver and got two pounds change. tree →
• Two fivers make a tenner. tree →
• He found a crumpled fiver in his pocket. tree →
• A fiver is enough for a sandwich and a drink. tree →

note

Informal; in writing use «five pounds» or «£5». Related: «tenner» (ten). In maths, a fiver = 5, so «3 fivers» = 15.

In the corpora

• Example: a girl in Edinburgh finds a fiver in a second-hand coat.
• «The remote was a fiver.
• In Swansea, Auntie slips Sadie a fiver every visit.
• In Britain a pound is worth 100 pence, written 100p, and a five-pound note is often called a fiver.
• To find the change in pence, turn the fiver into pence, find what everything costs in pence, and take it away.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fiver» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.