Dime

Pronunciation

• IPA: /daɪm/
• Rhymes: -aɪm

From French dîme, from Latin decimus ("tenth")

Full definition of dime

Noun

1. (US) A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar. The physical coin is smaller than a penny.
2. (Canada) A coin worth one-tenth of a Canadian dollar.
3. (US, basketball) An assist
4. (slang) A playing card with the rank of ten
5. (slang) Ten dollars
6. (slang) A thousand dollars
7. (slang) A measurement of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten dollar bags.
8. (slang) A very small areaThis car can turn on a dime.
9. (slang) Payment responsibilityAre you traveling on the company's dime?
10. (slang) A beautiful woman (10 from the 10-point scale)She's a dime piece.

Synonyms

• (coin) ten cent piece Used in other countries with dollars and cents currencies
• (thousand dollars) grand

Derived terms

From the use of the coin in a payphone to report a crime to the police. US payphones charged 10¢ in almost all jurisdictions until the late 1970s.

Verb

1. (US, slang, with "on") To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously.Somebody dimed on me and I got arrested for selling marijuana.

Synonyms

• (inform on) drop a dime on,

Anagrams

• demi, Demi
• idem