tenner

American  

[ten-er] / ˈtɛn ər /

noun

Informal.

• tenners
  plural

1. a 10-dollar bill.

2. British. a 10-pound note.

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tenner British  

/ ˈtɛnə /

noun

1. 1. a ten-pound note

   2. the sum of ten pounds

2. a ten-dollar bill

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• tenners
  plural

Etymology

Origin of tenner

First recorded in 1840–50; ten + -er ¹

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

tenner tenners

"It's not a show per se. People can just come in, give us a tenner and stay as long as they want," said WAW co-owner "Rowdy" Ricky Knight.

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2025

"My little sensor system, I could probably put it together for about a tenner," he says.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2022

The Australian Government was offering foreign families the opportunity to emigrate for just a tenner, to help build the country's population and economy.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2022

I disagreed: it is wonderful to find meat in a salad, a windfall, a gift from the universe, like putting your winter coat on for the first time that season and finding a tenner.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 15, 2019

Back went the fiver and out came a tenner!

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

More than £28bn in old fivers, tenners, £20 and even £50 notes have not been cashed in.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2021

Stray a little too far into personal territory and you immediately feel like a tabloid hack with a back pocket stuffed full of grubby tenners.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 10, 2017

The Magpies are also counting out £3.5m in used tenners, which they will offer to Nowrwich City in exchange for East Anglian cult hero Grant Holt.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 8, 2011

The coalition's case is that Labour behaved like the pools winners of yesteryear, showering tenners around like confetti.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 19, 2010

The notes weren't fivers, nor tenners; they were all twenty-pound notes.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell