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Definition of fifty-fifth
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : being number 55 in a countable series
the fifty-fifth day — see Table of Numbers
2 : being one of 55 equal parts into which something is divisible
a fifty-fifth share of the money
fifty-fifth
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Definition of fifty-fifth (Entry 2 of 2)
1 : number 55 in a countable series
2 : the quotient of a unit divided by 55 : one of 55 equal parts of something
one fifty-fifth of the total
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