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单词 dime
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dime

[ dahym ]
/ daɪm /
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noun

a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
Slang.
  1. ten dollars.
  2. a 10-year prison sentence.
  3. dime bag.

Idioms for dime

    a dime a dozen, Informal. so abundant that the value has decreased; readily available.

Origin of dime

1350–1400; Middle English <Anglo-French, Old French di(s)me<Latin decima tenth part, tithe, noun use of feminine of decimus tenth, derivative of decemten

Words nearby dime

dim, DiMaggio, Dimashq, Dimbleby, dimbulb, dime, dime a dozen, dime bag, dimelia, dimenhydrinate, dime novel
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British Dictionary definitions for dime

dime
/ (daɪm) /

noun

a coin of the US and Canada, worth one tenth of a dollar or ten cents
a dime a dozen very cheap or common

Word Origin for dime

C14: from Old French disme, from Latin decimus tenth, from decem ten
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with dime

dime

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