fifty
[ fif-tee ]
/ ˈfɪf ti /
noun, plural fif·ties.
a cardinal number, ten times five.
a symbol for this number, as 50 or L.
a set of this many persons or things.
fifties,
the numbers, years, degrees, or the like, from 50 through 59, as in referring to numbered streets, indicating the years of a lifetime or of a century, or degrees of temperature: She lives in the East Fifties. He's in his late fifties. It's going to be in the fifties again today.
Informal.
a fifty-dollar bill: He had a fifty and two tens in his wallet.
adjective
amounting to 50 in number.
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British Dictionary definitions for fifties
fifty
/ (ˈfɪftɪ) /
noun plural -ties
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
a numeral, 50, L, etc, representing this number
something represented by, representing, or consisting of 50 units
determiner
- amounting to fiftyfifty people
- (as pronoun)fifty should be sufficient
Word Origin for fifty
Old English
fīftig