tenner

tenner

See also: Tenner

English

Etymology

ten +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tɛnə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnə(ɹ)
• Homophone: tenor

Noun

tenner (plural tenners)

1. (informal) A monetary note (bill) whose face value is ten basic units of currency. Originally, a ten-shilling (half pound) note.
   • 2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian‎:

     The more a shop looks as though it trades in farthings and ha’pennies, the more tenners and twenties you can expect to hand over at the till.

2. (film, slang) A kind of 10-kilowatt lamp.
   • 2008, Blain Brown, Motion Picture and Video Lighting (page 11)

     The basic 10K, known as a tenner or studio 10K, has a 20-inch fresnel. The big daddy of the group is the Big Eye tenner, which has a 24-inch lens.

3. A tennis shoe.

Translations

note worth ten basic units of currency

Bulgarian: десятка f (desjatka) Dutch: tientje (nl) n Finnish: kymppi (fi) German: Zehner (de) m Hungarian: tízes, (more commonly specified with the currency:) tízdolláros, tízeurós, tízfontos etc. Irish: páipéar deich bpunt Polish: dycha (pl) f Russian: десятка (ru) f (desjatka) Swedish: tia (sv) c

See also

• fiver

Anagrams

• rennet

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

tenner m or f

1. indefinite plural of tann

Verb

tenner

1. present of tenne

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛn.nər/

Noun

tenner f

1. indefinite plural of tann

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²tɛn.nər/

Verb

tenner

1. present tense of tenne