tenner

A noun referring to a ten-pound note or a ten-dollar bill, commonly used in British and American English.

• 🇫🇷Nom informel désignant un billet de banque de dix unités monétaires, généralement dix livres sterling ou dix dollars, utilisé surtout en anglais britannique et américain.

1. Ten pounds or ten dollars A2 informal

   An informal term for a ten-pound note or a ten-dollar bill.

   • Can you lend me a tenner until tomorrow?
   • He paid for the meal with a tenner.
   • I found a tenner in my old jacket pocket.

   🇫🇷billet de dix

   Synonymes: sawbuckten dollar billten-spot

2. The number ten A1 informal

   The cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system.

   • She scored a perfect tenner on the test.
   • The bus arrives every tenner of minutes.
   • He counted out a tenner of coins.

   🇫🇷le nombre dix

   Synonymes: tenx

• tenners plural form
• tenners' possessive plural form
• tenner's possessive singular form