fives
See also: Fives
English
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Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /faɪvz/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪvz
Noun
[edit]fives
Noun
[edit]fives (uncountable)
Noun
[edit]fives pl (plural only)
- (poker slang) A pair of fives.
- (UK, prison slang) The cells located on the fourth floor.
- (finance, archaic) Shares at a rate of five percent.
- 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
- Look what the funds were on the 1st of March—what the French fives were when I bought for the count. And what they're at now.
Translations
[edit]plural of 'five'
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