noun
Abe
ayb
noun
1
A five-dollar bill, in American slang.
"He paid the cab fare with a couple of abes."
"Can you break this abe into fives?"
How to Use Abe
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishSlang for a five-dollar bill.
Common pairings
a couple of abes
Word Forms
Abes plural, Abes plural
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Etymology
Short for Abraham, after President Abraham Lincoln, whose portrait appears on the U.S. five-dollar bill.