fiver
see also: Fiver
Pronunciation
  • (GA) IPA: /ˈfaɪvɚ/
Noun

fiver (plural fivers)

  1. (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.
  2. By extension: the value in money that this represents.
    I bought the chocolates; they were only a fiver.
  3. A clenched fist.
  4. A mathematical puzzle played on a 5 × 5 grid.
  5. (Islam) A Zaydi Shiite Muslim, who disagrees with the majority of Shiites on the identity of the Fifth Imam.
  6. (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).
Translations
  • German: Fünfer
  • Russian: пятёрка

Fiver
Noun

fiver (plural fivers)

  1. (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).
  2. (fandom slang) A fan of the American science-fiction television series Babylon 5.



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