Fifty vs Gifty - What's the difference?
fifty | gifty |
The cardinal number occurring after forty-nine and before fifty-one.
(countable) A fifty-dollar bill.
(countable) A fifty-pound note.
(label) A batsman's score of at least 50 runs and less than 100 runs.
(informal) Suited to being given as a gift.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 26, author=Mike Albo, title=A Trip to the Gift Shop Is Like a Day at the Museum, work=New York Times
, passage=It repeats some of the gifty tote bag and candleholder items from the sister store, but this is where you can get your hands on an authentic reproduction of an Eames lounge chair ($4,695) or a Bauhaus table lamp ($850; $265 for a replacement globe). }}
As a numeral fifty
is the cardinal number occurring after forty-nine and before fifty-one.As a noun fifty
is (countable) a fifty-dollar bill.As an adjective gifty is
(informal) suited to being given as a gift.fifty
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Alternative forms
* fiftie (archaic )Numeral
(head)Synonyms
* : 50 * : L * fitty, fiddy (nonstandard)See also
* Last: forty-nine, forty * Next: fifty-one, sixtyNoun
(fifties)- Do you want small bills or are fifties OK?
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* English cardinal numbersgifty
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