Meaning

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

    Zehncentstück

    моне́та в 10 центовmonéta v 10 centov, десятице́нтовикdesjaticéntovik

    a United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar

  2. (Canada, US)A small amount of money.

    She didn't spend a dime.

  3. (Philippines, US)An assist.

  4. (slang)A playing card with the rank of ten.

  5. (slang)Ten dollars.

    street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars

  6. (slang)A thousand dollars.

  7. (slang)A measure of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten-dollar bags.

  8. (slang)A ten-year prison sentence.

  9. (slang)Payment responsibility.

    Are you traveling on the company's dime?

  10. (US, slang)A beautiful woman (10 on a 10-point scale).

  11. A defensive formation with six defensive backs, one of whom is a dimeback.

  12. (Canadian)A particularly long or precise throw that ends with a catch.

Examples

41 sentences
  1. They're a dime a dozen.

    Їх хоче греблю гати.

    ruИх навалом.

    deDie bekommt man nachgeschmissen.

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  2. Can you lend me a dime?

    deKannst du mir mal zehn Cent leihen?

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  3. I don't have a dime left.

    ruУ меня даже копейки не осталось.

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  4. I don't owe you a dime.

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  5. Things like this are a dime a dozen.

    ruТаких вещей полно на каждом углу.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a coin worth one-tenth of a dollar:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a coin worth one-tenth of a dollar:

Origin

From Middle English dime, from Anglo-Norman disme (“one tenth, tithe”) (modern French dîme

From Middle English dime, from Anglo-Norman disme (“one tenth, tithe”) (modern French dîme), from Medieval Latin decima, from Latin decima (pars) (“tenth (part)”). Doublet of decim, decima, and decime.

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Forms

plural: dimes
Singulardime
Pluraldimes

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
coin:ten-cent piece
Close in meaning
  • street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars:dime bag

Word family

18 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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