Synonyms for dime
noun smaller currency in exchange for largerAntonyms for dime
betrayed
Word Origin & History
chosen 1786 as name for U.S. 10 cent coin, from dime "a tenth, tithe" (late 14c.), from Old French disme (Modern French dîme) "a tenth part," from Latin decima (pars) "tenth (part)," from decem "ten" (see ten).
The verb meaning "to inform" (on someone) is 1960s, from the then-cost of a pay phone call. A dime a dozen "almost worthless" first recorded 1930. Phrase stop on a dime attested by 1954 (a dime being the physically smallest unit of U.S. currency).
Example Sentences fordime
They were mostly Beadle's Dime Novels, which had a great sale at the time.
I won't be back for dinner, so you can put in your time reading my Dime Novels.
Josie was offering him a dime; he accepted it without question.
"The hell with you," Danny said to Mattup, and gave him a dime and a penny.
Why do you stand there starin' at me as if I was some sort of dime show curiosity?
I see a piece about it in the Herald the other day, and sent a dime for a sample copy.
Just below the lid, and above the spout, was a hole as large as a dime.
I told you before that my name is Dime; but the baby calls me “Bow-wow.”
"That knocks out all the dime novels ever written," said Ben.
Thus, we have one mill; ten mills to make a dime; ten dimes to make a dollar, and so on.