# fours

Pronunciation: say "FORZ" US /fo(ː)ɹz/, UK /fɔːz/, AUS /foːz/

## Noun

1. Plural of four. — plural of four
   - Simple: Plural of four. Use this form when you mean more than one four.
   - _The dice came up showing a pair of fours._
   - _The soldiers marched in fours down the parade ground._
2. In poker and similar card games, a pair of cards both ranked four. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Two playing cards that both show the number four, held in a card game.
   - _He bluffed his way to the pot while holding only fours._
   - _A quiet pair of fours rarely wins a big hand._
3. In British prison slang, the prison cells located on the third floor of a wing. *(slang, UK)*
   - Simple: In a British prison, the cells on the third floor.
   - _He spent his first month on the fours before being transferred to another wing._
   - _Word about the lockdown spread quickly through the fours._

## Noun

4. Stocks or bonds that yield interest at a rate of four percent. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: Stocks or bonds that pay four percent interest each year.
   - _Her late father had left her a tidy holding of fours._
   - _The broker advised moving out of fours into something with a higher yield._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/fours (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).