five-spot
American informal slang for a five-dollar bill.
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American informal slang for a five-dollar bill. The 'spot' construction is part of a family of American slang denominations: a 'fin' or 'five-spot' for $5, a 'sawbuck' for $10, a 'C-note' for $100. 'Spot' in this context refers to the denomination on the face of the bill.
He slipped the kid a five-spot and told him to keep quiet about it.
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(US, informal) A five-dollar bill.
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Dated American slang, rooted in Yiddish, for a five-dollar bill. The word comes from the Yiddish finf meaning five, carried into American slang through the influence of Jewish immigrant communities in the early 20th century. While largely old-fashioned today, finif belongs to a rich tradition of Yiddish-influenced American street slang alongside words like sawbuck (ten dollars) and deuce (two dollars). Still turns up in vintage crime fiction and old-school New York slang discussions.