fives
Word-form referencesfive
Pronunciations (2)
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/faɪvz/
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faɪvz
Noun
A ball game, somewhat like tennis, played against a wall.
Usage- UK usage
- Uncountable
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More examples (1)
Liza on her first visit to the school had greatly admired everything about it from the fives courts and the chapel to the plaster casts in the corridors and the photographs of cathedrals in the classrooms.
Noun
A pair of fives.
Usage- plural
- Plural only
- Slang
The cells located on the fourth floor.
Usage- UK usage
- plural
- Plural only
- Slang
Shares at a rate of five percent.
Usage- Archaic
- plural
- Plural only
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Look what the funds were on the 1st of March—what the French fives were when I bought for the count. And what they're at now.
Noun
a game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls
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