ben

noun8

1. •
   A Scottish or Irish mountain or high peak.
2. •
   Son of (used with Hebrew and Arabic surnames).
3. •
   (Scotland, Northern-England) The inner room of a two-room cottage (as opposed to the but); the ben room.

   • Bert Kerston was awakened by a steady tap on the ben window. — 1972
4. •
   A tree, Moringa oleifera or horseradish tree of Arabia and India, which produces oil of ben.
5. •
   The oil of the ben seed.
6. •
   The winged seed of the ben tree.
7. •
   (no longer used) A prayer; a petition.
8. •
   (slang, no longer used) A benefit (performance to raise funds).

adjective1

1. •
   Inner, interior.

adverb1

1. •
   (Scotland, Northern-England) Inside.

preposition1

1. •
   (Scotland, Northern-England) In, into.

   • And he was waving to me to creep in, so I just did and then just to skip ben the front and then in the lobby. — 2008

noun1

1. •
   (US, slang) A US$100 bill, which bears a portrait of Benjamin Franklin. Often used in the plural form to indicate large sums of money.