tenner
Americannoun
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tenners
plural
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a 10-dollar bill.
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British. a 10-pound note.
noun
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a ten-pound note
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the sum of ten pounds
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a ten-dollar bill
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Etymology
Origin of tenner
Example Sentences
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"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
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
Annabel coached her for her first ever "insanely good" live performance in a tiny pub, which she got paid a tenner for.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2021
For a while people would come up to me in Swindon and say they’d seen me on TV, and a few people got in touch online cheekily asking for a fiver or a tenner.
From The Guardian ● May 19, 2019
“Army and navy surplus stores. Best tenner you'll ever spend.”
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
People were sending in their fivers and tenners.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 7, 2019
According to William Hill it was mostly tenners and twenties to begin with, all funnily enough from Berkshire and the surrounding areas.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 16, 2013
They're due in an hour so Dormon gathers tenners from those who can spare them.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 25, 2012
The notes weren't fivers, nor tenners; they were all twenty-pound notes.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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