Fives
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /faɪvz/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Fives is a noun meaning plural of five.
Meaning
plural of five.
More Meanings
- (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.
- (chiefly British) A ball game, somewhat like tennis, played against a wall.
Example Sentences
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.
Liza on her first visit to the school had greatly admired everything about it from the fives courts and the chapel to the plaster casts in the corridors and the photographs of cathedrals in the classrooms.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fivesome, pentad, cardinal, v, quintet, quintuplet.
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