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dime

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Source Word

dime

IPA(Pronunciation)

/daɪm/

Noun

US Canada slang

(US) A coin worth one-tenth of a U.S. dollar. / (Canada) A coin worth one-tenth of a Canadian dollar. / (Canada, US) A small amount of money. / (US, basketball) An assist.

Japanese Meaning

アメリカの10セント硬貨（1/10ドル） / カナダの10セント硬貨（1/10ドル） / 少額のお金 / バスケットボールにおけるアシスト

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She dropped a dime into the old jukebox and it started playing her favorite song.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は古いジュークボックスに10セントの硬貨を入れると、お気に入りの曲が流れ始めた。

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(US) A coin worth one-tenth of a U.S. dollar.

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(Canada) A coin worth one-tenth of a Canadian dollar.

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(Canada, US) A small amount of money.

She didn't spend a dime.

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(US, basketball) An assist.

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(slang) A playing card with the rank of ten.

Sense（6）

(slang) Ten dollars.

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(slang) A thousand dollars.

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(slang) A measurement of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten dollar bags.

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(slang) A ten year prison sentence.

These deaths got him a dime in a minimum-security prison.

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(slang) Payment responsibility.

Are you traveling on the company's dime?

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Sense（11）

(US, slang) A beautiful woman (10 on a 10-point scale).

Make a couple of nuns a couple of dimes.

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Sense（12）

(American football) A defensive formation with six defensive backs, one of whom is a dimeback.

dimes

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