Dime

Quick meaning: Dime is a noun meaning (US, Canada) A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar, that is, ten cents.

Meaning

(US, Canada) A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar, that is, ten cents.

More Meanings

1. (Canada, US) A small amount of money.
2. (US, Philippines, basketball) An assist.
3. (slang) A playing card with the rank of ten.
4. (slang) Ten dollars.
5. (slang) A thousand dollars.
6. (slang) A measure of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten-dollar bags.
7. (slang) A ten-year prison sentence.

Example Sentences

She didn't spend a dime.

Are you traveling on the company's dime?

Make a couple of nuns a couple of dimes.

These deaths got him a dime in a minimum-security prison.

Word Forms

• dimes
• diming
• dimed

Synonyms for dime

Depending on context, synonyms include grand, bewray, clepe, denounce, dob, finger.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include priced, dollar, penny, shilling, hundred, cent.

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