What does dime mean?
Dime means (US, Canada) A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar, that is, ten cents..
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/daɪm/ · noun
(US, Canada) A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar, that is, ten cents..
The San Francisco mint made about 2.5 million of these dimes, but fewer than 10 are still known to exist, according to Heritage. That’s because a financial crisis in 1893 killed demand for new coinage, and almost all the dimes were melted down.
She didn't spend a dime.
At one point, Rob hit a dire losing streak. In a single week, he dropped a dime—$1,000.
These deaths got him a dime in a minimum-security prison.
Are you traveling on the company's dime?
Make a couple of nuns a couple of dimes.
Wait in line for drinks, it’s another time out / Made out on the floor with a couple dimes
Somebody dimed on me and I got arrested for selling marijuana.
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Dime means (US, Canada) A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar, that is, ten cents..
Common synonyms include ten-cent piece, grand, dime piece, drop a dime on someone.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The San Francisco mint made about 2.5 million of these dimes, but fewer than 10 are still known to exist, according to Heritage. That’s because a financial crisis in 1893 killed demand for new coinage, and almost all the dimes were melted down.
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