From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfivefive /faɪv/ ●●● S2 W2 number, noun 1 HMNthe number 5 There is also a golf course five miles away. I’ll be back by five (=five o'clock). The family moved to Canada when he was five (=five years old).2 MONEY[countable] a piece of paper money that is worth five dollars or five pounds → fiver Do you have two fives for a ten?3 → give somebody (a) five4 → take five5 → fives6 → five a day → high five, nine to fiveOrigin five Old English fif