Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fifty"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fifty \Fif"ty\, a. [AS. f[=i]ftig; akin to OHG. finfzug,
fimfzuc, G. f["u]nfzig, funfzig, Goth. fimftigjus. See
{Five}, and {Ten}, and cf. {Fifteen}.]
Five times ten; as, fifty men.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fifty \Fif"ty\, n.; pl. {Fifties}.
1. The sum of five tens; fifty units or objects.
2. A symbol representing fifty units, as 50, or l.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fifty
adj : being ten more than forty [syn: {50}, {l}]
n : the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
[syn: {50}, {L}]
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