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Fiver vs Fixer - What's the difference?

fiver | fixer |

As nouns the difference between fiver and fixer

is that fiver is (label) a zaidi shi'a muslim while fixer is junkie (heroin user).

fiver

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slang) A banknote with a value of five units of currency.
    • Do you have a fiver I could borrow? I can pay you back tomorrow.
  • By extension: the value in money that this represents.
    • I bought the chocolates; they were only a fiver .
  • A clenched fist.
  • A mathematical puzzle played on a 5 × 5 grid.
  • (Islam) A Zaydi Shiite Muslim, who disagrees with the majority of Shiites on the identity of the Fifth Imam.
  • (religion) A person who gives five percent of their income or five hours a week of their time to charity (a reduction of ten percent tithing).

    • See also

    * tenner

    fixer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Agent noun of fix; one who, or that which, fixes.
  • (photography) A chemical (sodium thiosulfate) used in photographic development that fixes the image in place, preventing further chemical reactions.
  • A person who arranges immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion, especially as a business endeavor for profit.
  • (journalism) A person who assists foreign journalists in volatile countries, often providing interpretation, personal connections, and transportation services.

    • Quotations

    : "A professional bank robber commented on this [a point in the thief's memoir]: 'Perhaps the author means by this that the fixer with whom he is acquainted works only on crimes not involving violence. It is true that there are specialists even in the fix line, and a man who has an in [in = advantageous position] to fix con cases might not be able to fix robbery cases. But if the author means that the fix does not exist in armed robbery, he is badly mistaken. It is merely a matter of knowing the right party to go to.'" — (ed), The Professional Thief: by a Professional Thief. Annotated and Interpreted by Edwin H. Sutherland, 1937.

    Related terms

    * the fix is in

    Anagrams

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