# fifty

Pronunciation: say "FIF-tee" /ˈfɪfti/

## Numeral

1. The cardinal number that comes after forty-nine and before fifty-one.
   - Simple: The number that comes after forty-nine and before fifty-one.
   - _The stadium held just over fifty thousand spectators._
   - _He turned fifty last spring and celebrated with old friends._

## Noun

2. A banknote or coin with a value of fifty units of currency.
   - Simple: A bill or coin worth fifty units of money.
   - _She tipped the valet with a crisp fifty._
   - _The cash drawer was stuffed with fifties by closing time._
3. In cricket, a batsman's score of at least fifty runs but fewer than one hundred.
   - Simple: In cricket, when one player scores fifty or more runs but fewer than a hundred.
   - _The opener brought up his fifty with a crisp boundary._
   - _She has three fifties to her name this season._

## Origin

From Middle English fifty, from Old English fīftiġ, from Proto-Germanic *fimf tigiwiz ("five tens"). By surface analysis, it is five + -ty.

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