fifty

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Alternative spellings 1.4 Numeral 1.4.1 Translations

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Old English fīftiġ

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• IPA: /ˈfɪfti/
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• fiftie (archaic)

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fifty (countable and uncountable; plural fifties)

1. (uncountable) The cardinal number occurring after forty-nine and before fifty-one, represented in Roman numerals as L and in Arabic numerals as 50. Ordinal: fiftieth.
   • Arabic numerals: 50
   • Roman numerals: L
     • Last: forty-nine, forty
     • Next: fifty-one, sixty
2. (countable) A fifty-dollar bill.

   Do you want small bills or are fifties OK?

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