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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiver/#m1)

2) A fiver can mean five pounds or five dollars of money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiver/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiver/#x1)
- The tickets cost a fiver each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiver/#x2)
- Can you lend me a fiver? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiver/#x3)
- I paid with a fiver and got two pounds change. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiver/#x4)
- Two fivers make a tenner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiver/#x5)
- He found a crumpled fiver in his pocket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiver/#x6)
- A fiver is enough for a sandwich and a drink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiver/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/286-being-trusted-and-things-you-find/6/)
- [«The remote was a fiver.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/428-the-broken-window-and-other-hidden-accidents/12/)
- [In Swansea, Auntie slips Sadie a fiver every visit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/511-family-parties-aunts-and-uncles-and-the-row-nobody-explains/9/)
- [In Britain a pound is worth 100 pence, written 100p, and a five-pound note is often called a fiver.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/243-british-coins-and-notes/0/)
- [To find the change in pence, turn the fiver into pence, find what everything costs in pence, and take it away.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/243-british-coins-and-notes/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fiver» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiver/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.