different between fiver vs fixer

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?fa?v?/
• Rhymes: -a?v?(r)

Noun

fiver (plural fivers)

1. (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.

2. (slang, by extension) The value in money that this represents.

   I bought the chocolates; they were only a fiver.

3. (colloquial) A clenched fist.

   Synonym: bunch of fives

4. A mathematical puzzle played on a 5 × 5 grid.
5. (Islam) A Zaydi Shiite Muslim, who disagrees with the majority of Shiites on the identity of the Fifth Imam.
6. (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).

Translations

See also

• tenner

English

Etymology

fix +? -er

Pronunciation

Noun

fixer (plural fixers)

1. Agent noun of fix; one who, or that which, fixes.
2. (photography) A chemical (sodium thiosulfate) used in photographic development that fixes the image in place, preventing further chemical reactions.
   • 2003, Bruce Warren, Photography: The Concise Guide, Cengage Learning (?ISBN), page 69

3. A person who serves as an agent to arrange for a desired result, perhaps by improper means.
4. (criminal justice, law) A person who arranges immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion, especially as a business endeavor for profit.
5. (journalism) A person who assists foreign journalists in volatile countries, often providing interpretation, personal connections, and transportation services.
   • 2007, Myriam Salama-Carr, Translating and Interpreting Conflict, Rodopi (?ISBN), page 25

6. (real estate, US) A fixer-upper.

Related terms

• the fix is in

Translations

Anagrams

• refix, xerif

French

Etymology

From fixe +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fik.se/

Verb

fixer

1. to fix, fasten
2. to fix, arrange, set (a date, price etc.)
3. (reflexive) to settle (in a place)
4. (transitive) to stare at
   • 2000, Jean-François Parot, L'énigme des Blancs-Manteaux, JC Lattès 2012, p. 11:

     Sur le banc, deux hommes, envelopés de capes dont les pans noirs étaient à demi éclairés par la lueur d'un méchant falot, fixaient l'obscurité.

Conjugation

Descendants

• ? Romanian: fixa

Further reading

• “fixer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Verb

fixer

1. first-person singular future subjunctive of facer
2. third-person singular future subjunctive of facer

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?f?ks?]

Adjective

fixer

1. comparative degree of fix

Adjective

fixer

1. inflection of fix:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

Norman

Etymology

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Verb

fixer

1. (Jersey, transitive) to stare at