twenty

alternative 20 · alternative XX

1. The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one.

   Synonyms: onescore

plural twenties · alternative 20 · alternative XX

1. in pluralThe numbers twenty (20) to twenty-nine (29).

   She looks like she's in her early twenties, perhaps 21 or 22 years old?

2. colloquialA banknote with a denomination of 20.

   The waiter’s face lit up when I gave him a twenty.

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   Of course I can do them just the same as the others—technically there's nothing whatever against it. Only no one ever heard of soft flims for anything like that—only for fives or tens or at the most a twenty.

   1934, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], The Bravo of London

   The more a shop looks as though it trades in farthings and ha’pennies, the more tenners and twenties you can expect to hand over at the till.

   2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian

3. CB slang10-20 (location).

   What’s your twenty, good buddy?

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   What's your twenty? Where's your brain? Checking in to check you out Concerned about your whereabouts

   2012, Tom Dumont, Tony Kanal, Gwen Stefani, 0:54 from the start, in Settle Down (music video), No Doubt (actor), Vevo

4. UKhistoricalgovernmentAn old English division of infantry.

1. A hamlet in Bourne parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1520).