five number

five number
1 5
2 a piece of paper money worth $5 or -5: Do you have two fives for a ten?
—see also: fiver
3 give sb (a) five to hit the inside of someone's hand with your hand to show that you are very pleased about something
4 take five used to tell people to stop working for a few minutes
5 five-day/five-month/five-year happening or continuing for five days, months, or years: I've got a five-month contract in Bahrain.
6 fives (U) a British ball game in which the ball is hit with the hand against any of three walls
—compare handball (1), —see also: high five, nine­to­five

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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