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dime
[ dahym ]
noun
- a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- Slang.
- ten dollars.
- a 10-year prison sentence.
dime
/ »å²¹Éª³¾ /
noun
- a coin of the US and Canada, worth one tenth of a dollar or ten cents
- a dime a dozenvery cheap or common
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of dime1
Idioms and Phrases
- a dime a dozen, Informal. so abundant that the value has decreased; readily available.
More idioms and phrases containing dime
In addition to the idiom beginning with dime , also see drop a dime ; get off the dime ; not worth a dime on a dime .Example Sentences
“NPR and PBS can hate us on their own dime,†Greene said.
Others have said it wouldn't cost taxpayers a dime in the long run.
"In a world where we know that elections can sometimes turn on a dime because of narrow margins, these numbers matter," Crayton said.
"The most sensitive thing to uncertainty is business investment," Prof Gillezeau says, adding that firms are "not going to want to spend a dime anywhere" until they have some clarity.
Sacks said in a Thursday post on X that the reserve “will not cost taxpayers a dime†because it includes bitcoin that the federal government already owns.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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