dime

CEFRB1

/daɪm/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A United States coin worth ten cents.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A small amount of money.

Examples

  • I don't have a dime on me.

  • The mechanic fixed my car without charging me a dime.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An assist.

  2. A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar, that is, ten cents.

  3. A playing card with the rank of ten.

More examples

In context

  • Can you lend me a dime?

  • Are you traveling on the company's dime?

  • Somebody dimed on me and I got arrested for selling marijuana.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.