twenty

num

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

noun

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

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

2. (colloquial)A banknote with a denomination of 20.

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

   “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.”

   “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.”

3. 10-20 (location).

   “What’s your twenty, good buddy?”

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

4. (UK, historical)An old English division of infantry.