Meaning of Fives | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a ball game, somewhat like tennis, played against a wall.
   British, uncountable
2. A pair of fives.
   plural, plural-only, slang
3. A suburb of Lille, Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
4. The cells located on the fourth floor.
   UK, plural, plural-only, slang
5. Shares at a rate of five percent.
   archaic, plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

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