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tenners

tenners is the plural of tenner.

Meaning of tenner

Noun (1)

tenner (plural tenners)

  1. (Ireland, UK, informal) A monetary note (bill) whose face value is ten basic units of currency. Originally, a ten-shilling (half pound) note.
    • […] or, if you're feeling brave, a tenner. Tell your child they have a chance to win the fiver if they can […]2016, Rob Eastaway & Mike Askew, "Maths on the Go: 101 Fun Ways to Play with Maths", page 40
  2. (slang) A kind of 10-kilowatt lamp.
    • 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.2008, Blain Brown, Motion Picture and Video Lighting, page 11

Noun (2)

tenner (plural tenners)

  1. A tennis shoe.

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Proper noun capitalized: Tenners

Tenners

  1. (plural) plural of Tenner

Questions about tenners

What is tenners the plural of?
Tenners is the plural of tenner.
What part of speech is tenners?
Tenners is a proper noun.

Words near tenners in the dictionary

  1. tennaunt
  2. tennaunts
  3. tenne
  4. Tennent
  5. tenner
  6. tenners
  7. Tennes
  8. tennesi
  9. tenness
  10. Tennessean
  11. Tennesseans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tenners (page history and authors); Tenners (page history and authors); tenner (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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