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fif·ty     (fĭf'tē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The cardinal number equal to 5 × 10.
  2. fifties
    1. A decade or the numbers from 50 to 59: They began playing golf in their fifties. With the sunshine, the temperature reached the fifties.
    2. often Fifties The decade from 50 to 59 in a century.
  3. A fifty-dollar bill.

[Middle English fifti, from Old English fīftig; see penkwe in Indo-European roots.]
fif'ty adj. & pron.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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