We have the Slang word: • Ace 1. mod. [of persons] best; top-rated. - She is an ace reporter with the newspaper. 2. n. one dollar. - It only costs an ace. Buy two. 3. tv. to pass a test easily, with an A grade. - I knew I wouldn’t ace it, but I never thought I’d flunk it! 4. n. a nickname for a foolish and ineffectual person. (Sarcastic. Usually a term of address.) - Hey, ace, hand me that monkey wrench—if you know what one is. 5. tv. to surpass someone or something; to beat someone or something; to ace so out. - The Japanese firm aced the Americans by getting the device onto the shelves first.