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tenner

[ ten-er ]

noun

Informal.
  1. a 10-dollar bill.
  2. British. a 10-pound note.


tenner

/ ˈɛə /

noun

    1. a ten-pound note
    2. the sum of ten pounds
  1. a ten-dollar bill
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of tenner1

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

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"Unfortunately, in the students' union there are more posters talking about four VKs for a tenner rather than basic consent," she said.

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"People shouldn't have to trek for hours to withdraw a tenner to put in someone's birthday card - nor should businesses have to travel large distances to deposit cash takings," he said.

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"But I'd hope Nat would get me a tenner's worth of golf balls, because every time we play I end up losing all of ours, which doesn't go down too well."

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

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