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1. 1

   argotA banknote with a value of five units of currency.

   Do you have a fiver I could borrow? I can pay you back tomorrow.

   Charming man that—sort I abhor. Makes you feel it must lead up to borrowing a fiver every minute.

   […]a gesture that had a sort of self-parodying wit about it: it was like trying to borrow a fiver, getting turned down, and asking to borrow fifty quid instead.

2. 2

   argotThe value in money that this represents.

   I bought the chocolates; they were only a fiver.

   ‘When they get there they will have cost me a fiver a beast in transport and fees.’

3. 3

   A clenched fist.

4. 4

   A mathematical puzzle played on a 5 × 5 grid.

5. 5

   A Zaydi Shiite Muslim, who disagrees with the majority of Shiites on the identity of the Fifth Imam.

6. 6

   A person who gives five percent of their income or five hours a week of their time to charity (a reduction of ten percent tithing).

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