tenner

From ten + -er.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛnə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnə(ɹ)
• Homophone: tenor

tenner (plural tenners)

1. (informal, UK, Ireland) A monetary note (bill) whose face value is ten basic units of currency. Originally, a ten-shilling (half pound) note.
   • 2016, Rob Eastaway & Mike Askew, "Maths on the Go: 101 Fun Ways to Play with Maths", page 40:

     [...] or, if you're feeling brave, a tenner. Tell your child they have a chance to win the fiver if they can [...]

   • 2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2023 March 5, Miranda Sawyer, quoting Jason Williamson, “Sleaford Mods: ‘The UK is like a crazy golf course – all we’ve got left are landmarks’”, in The Guardian‎^[2], →ISSN:

     I’ve visited Eton, there’s loads of places like it, and if that’s all you know, then you’ve definitely not had to worry about pulling a tenner out of the bank…

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.

• fiver

• rennet

tenner m or f

1. indefinite plural of tann

tenner

1. present of tenne

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛn.nər/

tenner f

1. indefinite plural of tann

• IPA^(key): /²tɛn.nər/

tenner

1. present tense of tenne