tenner
Americannoun
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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
Etymology
Origin of tenner
Example Sentences
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"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
"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 tenner was a Saira, honouring Saira Mir of soup kitchen PL84U Al-Suffa.
From The Guardian • Sep. 15, 2020
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
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