tenner

American  

[ten-er] / ˈtɛn ər /

noun

Informal.

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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Etymology

Origin of tenner

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

Example Sentences

"There's a ceiling that people are willing to pay for fish and chips. We charge a tenner for a haddock and chips," said Mr Chester.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

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

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2022

The tenner was a Saira, honouring Saira Mir of soup kitchen PL84U Al-Suffa.

From The Guardian • Sep. 15, 2020

He said: "Then I remembered I still owed him a tenner so I messaged Toni instead."

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2019

I said if he met me at the London Eye and helped me and my mate Salim carry out this joke we were planning, we'd give him a tenner.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd