dime
/daɪm/
noun12
- Ten dollars.
verb2
forms
dimed · diming · dimes
Phrases with dime
- nickel and dimeTo charge, or be charged, several unexpected small amounts of money, often in the form of fees, taxes, or related expenses to a venture, which when taken as a whole add up to a significant unexpected cost.
- a dime a dozenSo common as to be practically or almost worthless.
- dime outTo report to the authorities; to snitch on or betray to an enemy.
- drop a dimeTo make a telephone call.
- not worth a dimeWorthless or nearly so: lacking in value.
- on a dimeWithin a very short distance; especially, with agile precision in a very confined space and suddenly.
- on someone's dimeAt the monetary expense of the person indicated.
- Yankee dimeA kiss.