'DIME' definitions:
Definition of 'dime'
(from WordNet)
noun
A United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar
noun
Street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars [syn: dime bag, dime]
Definition of 'Dime'
From: GCIDE
- Dime \Dime\ (d[imac]m), n. [F. d[^i]me tithe, OF. disme, fr. L. decimus the tenth, fr. decem ten. See Decimal.] A silver coin of the United States, of the value of ten cents; the tenth of a dollar. [1913 Webster]
- Dime novel, a novel, commonly sensational and trashy, which is sold for a dime, or ten cents; -- they were popular from ca. 1850 to ca. 1920. Sometimes the term is still applied to any novel of the type, though the price has greatly increased. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Synonyms of 'dime'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- buck,
- C,
- C-note,
- cartwheel,
- cent,
- century,
- copper,
- dollar,
- dollar bill,
- fifty cents,
- fin,
- fish,
- five cents,
- five hundred dollars,
- five-dollar bill,
- five-hundred-dollar bill,
- five-spot,
- fiver,
- four bits,
- frogskin,
- G,
- G-note,
- grand,
- half a C,
- half dollar,
- half G,
- half grand,
- hundred-dollar bill,
- iron man,
- mill,
- nickel,
- penny,
- quarter,
- red cent,
- sawbuck,
- silver dollar,
- skin,
- smacker,
- ten cents,
- ten-spot,
- tenner,
- thousand dollars,
- thousand-dollar bill,
- twenty-dollar bill,
- twenty-five cents,
- two bits,
- two-dollar bill,
- two-spot,
- yard
Acronyms for 'dime'
From: V.E.R.A.
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