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TEN-uh/ˈtenə/

A tenner is UK informal for ten pounds, often a £10 note. A fiver is five pounds. Collocation: it costs a tenner; lend me a tenner. Not for dollars. Countable: a tenner / a few tenners.

Meaning

A ten-pound note, or ten pounds (UK informal).

Examples

• “A tenner should cover the pizza if we walk there.”
• “Keep a tenner in your coat for a taxi if the last bus has gone.”
• “The market stall does three plants for a tenner.”

Good to know

a tenner = £10 (UK informal). Related: a fiver (£5), a quid (£1).

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