Fiver
/ˈfaɪvər/noun
A banknote or coin worth five units of currency.
Can you lend me a fiver? I want to buy lunch.
Often appears as...
- borrow a fiver
- lend a fiver
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A banknote or coin worth five units of currency.
Can you lend me a fiver? I want to buy lunch.
Often appears as...
- borrow a fiver
- lend a fiver
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Currency Specific
The value of a 'fiver' depends on the country: £5 in the UK, €5 in the eurozone, etc.
In the UK, a fiver gets you a sandwich.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Term
'Fiver' is casual language, more common in speech than writing, and used in informal settings.
Got a fiver I can borrow for the vending machine?
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Money
While 'fiver' refers to both notes and coins, it's most often used for banknotes.
I found a fiver in my jacket pocket!
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bill
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Video examples
What Happens To The...
disposable convenient lifestyle I'll tell you as a pain you can go to any supermarket and you can buy these camping chairs and everybody you know everybody sees them on the way in they think I'll just buy a couple of them two for a fiver and they put them down and then sometimes not everybody but quite a lot of people leave them behind you know
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Sarah Jones: One woman,...
and I never did hear from him again. No, I gave it up for adoption so it could have a decent life, and then they wouldn't let me back into the convent. No, my one sister Virginia gave me a fiver for the coach to Dublin, and that's how I ended up here.
Video examples
What Happens To The...
disposable convenient lifestyle I'll tell you as a pain you can go to any supermarket and you can buy these camping chairs and everybody you know everybody sees them on the way in they think I'll just buy a couple of them two for a fiver and they put them down and then sometimes not everybody but quite a lot of people leave them behind you know
Video examples
Sarah Jones: One woman,...
and I never did hear from him again. No, I gave it up for adoption so it could have a decent life, and then they wouldn't let me back into the convent. No, my one sister Virginia gave me a fiver for the coach to Dublin, and that's how I ended up here.
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Quote examples
Jimmy Bullard
I know how far a fiver can go in non-League, let alone 100,000! So it is a lot of money. That money can be spread across the country to grassroots football which is fantastic. It can help them with things like electricity bills, new kits, new footballs and lawnmowers.
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Paul Young
English Singer
I did part-time jobs until my apprenticeship as a milling machinist at Vauxhall when I was 16. I got £15 a week and I used to give my mum a fiver of that.
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John Higgins
Scottish Celebrity
I was worried when I returned that I might be booed or barracked. Nobody has waved fivers at me. I am touched by the reception since I have come back.
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Dwight Gayle
At Stansted I didn't get paid. There was the occasional... well an old man there who used to give me a fiver if I scored the winning goal!
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Ian Brown
English Musician
People tend to settle for the fiver rather than going for the pot of gold.
Quote examples
Jimmy Bullard
I know how far a fiver can go in non-League, let alone 100,000! So it is a lot of money. That money can be spread across the country to grassroots football which is fantastic. It can help them with things like electricity bills, new kits, new footballs and lawnmowers.
Quote examples
Paul Young
English Singer
I did part-time jobs until my apprenticeship as a milling machinist at Vauxhall when I was 16. I got £15 a week and I used to give my mum a fiver of that.
Quote examples
John Higgins
Scottish Celebrity
I was worried when I returned that I might be booed or barracked. Nobody has waved fivers at me. I am touched by the reception since I have come back.
Quote examples
Dwight Gayle
At Stansted I didn't get paid. There was the occasional... well an old man there who used to give me a fiver if I scored the winning goal!
Quote examples
Ian Brown
English Musician
People tend to settle for the fiver rather than going for the pot of gold.
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