name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   plural of five form-of, plural
2. 2
   a ball game, somewhat like tennis, played against a wall. British, uncountable
3. 3
   A pair of fives. plural, plural-only, slang
4. 4
   a game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls wordnet
5. 5
   The cells located on the fourth floor. UK, plural, plural-only, slang

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6. 6
   Shares at a rate of five percent. archaic, plural, plural-only

   "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."

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A suburb of Lille, Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.

Synonyms

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bingocheckerschessgamesport

Example

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"I'd like three twenties, six fives, and the rest in ones."

Related phrases

bunch of fives

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