fiver
see also: Fiver
Pronunciation
Fiver
Noun
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see also: Fiver
Pronunciation
- (GA) IPA: /ˈfaɪvɚ/
fiver (plural fivers)
- (slang) A banknote with a value of five units of currency.
- Do you have a fiver I could borrow? I can pay you back tomorrow.
- By extension: the value in money that this represents.
- I bought the chocolates; they were only a fiver.
- A clenched fist.
- A mathematical puzzle played on a 5 × 5 grid.
- (Islam) A Zaydi Shiite Muslim, who disagrees with the majority of Shiites on the identity of the Fifth Imam.
- (religion) 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).
- German: Fünfer
- Russian: пятёрка
Fiver
Noun
fiver (plural fivers)
- (Islam) A Zaidi Shi'a Muslim.
- 1998, Emory C. Bogle, Islam: Origin and Belief, University of Texas Press, page 145 ↗:
- The three major branches or sects are the Twelvers, Seveners, and Fivers.
- 2007, Daniel McLaughlin, Yemen: The Bradt Travel Guide, Bradt, page 23 ↗:
- Whereas the largest Shi’a branch, the ‘Twelvers’, strictly believe that there were only 12 visible imams, the ’Fivers’ have recognised many more imams throughout their history.
- J. E. Peterson, Yemen on the precipice: Governing the ungovernable in 2013, Abbas Kadhim, Governance in the Middle East and North Africa: A Handbook, Routledge International Handbooks, page 306 ↗:
- (the Zaydis, or Fivers, were the first subset to break away from larger Shi’ism, and traditionally elected an imam from among the descendants of the Prophet Muhammad as their leader).
- 1998, Emory C. Bogle, Islam: Origin and Belief, University of Texas Press, page 145 ↗:
- (fandom slang) A fan of the American science-fiction television series Babylon 5.
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