fifty

Definition

  • noun: the number 50
  • noun: the numbers 50 to 59
  • synonyms: roman numerals, arabic numerals, cardinal

Examples

  • We have a 'fifty-fifty' chance of succeeding. [=we are as likely to succeed as we are to fail]

  • The bill for dinner came to $43, and she gave him a 'fifty'.

  • They divided/split the expenses 'fifty-fifty'. [='equally']

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) You don't like the game! It ain't fair. I don't operate that way. Are you a bookmaker or an investment counselor? - It's your bananas. How much? - Fifty thousand. - Fifty thousand! - It's your figures I'm balancin'. I've seen nuts before, but you've got watermelons. (..)
    1974 The Gambler
  • (..) a family of five. At , he opened a furniture store. Which he built into two, then fifteen... then fifty, then a hundred. Until finally he had the largest chain America had ever seen. But no matter where he went... or what he did... he always found a place for every (..)
    1974 The Gambler