How to pronounce Dime

Pronunciation IPA(key): /daɪm/ Rhymes: -aɪm Etymology 1 From French dîme, from Latin decimus ‎(“tenth”) Noun dime ‎(plural dimes) (US) A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar. (Canada) A coin worth one-tenth of a Canadian dollar. (US, basketball) An assist (slang) A playing card with the rank of ten (slang) Ten dollars (slang) A thousand dollars (slang) A measurement of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten dollar bags. (slang) Payment responsibility Are you traveling on the company's dime? (slang) A beautiful woman (10 on a 10-point scale) She's a dime piece. (American football) A defensive formation with six defensive backs, one of whom is a dimeback. Synonyms (coin): ten cent piece (Used in other countries with dollars and cents currencies) (thousand dollars): grand Derived terms terms derived from dime (noun) Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dime License: Creative Commons

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