Meaning of Fiver | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A banknote with a value of five units of currency.
   slang
2. A Zaidi Shi'a Muslim.
3. The value in money that this represents.
   broadly, slang
4. A fan of the American science-fiction television series Babylon 5.
   slang
5. A clenched fist.
   colloquial
6. A mathematical puzzle played on a 5 × 5 grid.
7. A Zaydi Shiite Muslim, who disagrees with the majority of Shiites on the identity of the Fifth Imam.
8. A person who gives five percent of their income or five hours a week of their time to charity (a reduction of ten percent tithing).

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Examples

“Do you have⟳ a fiver I could borrow? I can pay⟳ you back tomorrow.”

“[…]a gesture that had a sort⟳ of self-parodying wit about it: it was like⟳ trying to borrow a fiver, getting turned down, and asking to borrow fifty quid instead.”

“I bought the chocolates; they were only a fiver.”

“The three major branches or sects are the Twelvers, Seveners, and Fivers.”

“Whereas the largest Shi’a branch, the ‘Twelvers’, strictly believe⟳ that there were only 12 visible imams, the ’Fivers’ have⟳ recognised many more imams throughout their history.”

“(the Zaydis, or Fivers, were the first subset to break⟳ away from larger Shi’ism, and traditionally elected an imam from among the descendants of the Prophet Muhammad as their leader).”

“It is more than two weeks that Babylon 5 aired for the last⟳ time. We, Portuguese Fivers of conviction, are few.”

“Did all the Fivers who watched it notice⟳ that the female scientist (DrWhatshername) was played by Tamlyn Tomita, the actress who played Lt. Cmdr. Laurel Takashima in Babylon 5's pilot movie?”

“I've had hardcore Fivers point⟳ to both Jadzia Dax AND Kira as ripoffs of Ivanova (they can't decide⟳ which, I suppose⟳) despite the fact that both premiered on DS9 first, and JMS didn't get⟳ rid⟳ of Ivanova until AFTER The Gathering, which showed when DS9 first came around.”

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