A banknote or coin worth five units of currency; British slang for a five-pound note.
From the number 'five' with the suffix '-er,' creating an informal term for the denomination. This colloquial formation emerged in the 1800s as currency slang.
Different countries have their own slang for currency denominations—a 'fiver' in Britain, a 'fin' in America, or a 'tenner' for ten pounds—these words reveal how money is talked about casually across cultures.
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