fives

• IPA^(key): /faɪvz/

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• Rhymes: -aɪvz

fives

1. plural of five

fives (uncountable)

1. (chiefly British) a ball game, somewhat like tennis, played against a wall.

fives pl (plural only)

1. (poker slang) A pair of fives.
2. (UK, prison slang) The cells located on the fourth floor.

   Coordinate terms: ones, twos, threes, fours

3. (finance, archaic) Shares at a rate of five percent.
   • 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:

     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.