dime
/daɪm/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.66 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
From Middle English dime, from Anglo-Norman disme (“one tenth, tithe”) (modern French dîme), from Medieval Latin decima, from Latin decima (pars) (“tenth (part)”). Doublet of decim, decima, and decime.