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Dime

Noun CEFR B2 Standard
daɪm

Definitions

  1. Acronym of Dark Internet Mail Environment.
  2. A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar.
    Canada, US
  3. An Omotic language, spoken by fewer than 10,000 speakers in Ethiopia.
  4. A small amount of money.
    Canada, US
  5. An assist.
  6. A playing card with the rank of ten.
  7. Ten dollars.
  8. A thousand dollars.
  9. A measure of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten-dollar bags.
  10. A ten-year prison sentence.
  11. Payment responsibility.
  12. A beautiful woman (10 on a 10-point scale).
    US, slang
  13. A defensive formation with six defensive backs, one of whom is a dimeback.
  14. A particularly long or precise throw that ends with a catch.

Equivalents

Françaisdîme
Italianodecinodime
7 more languages

Examples

The San Francisco mint made about 2.5 million of these dimes, but fewer than 10 are still known to exist, according to Heritage. That’s because a financial crisis in 1893 killed demand for new coinage, and almost all the dimes were melted down.”
She didn't spend a dime.”
“At one point, Rob hit a dire losing streak. In a single week, he dropped a dime—$1,000.”
These deaths got him a dime in a minimum-security prison.”
Are you traveling on the company's dime?”
Make a couple of nuns a couple of dimes.”
Wait in line for drinks, it’s another time out / Made out on the floor with a couple dimes

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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