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dime

[dahym] / daɪm /


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“We have to do a better job to find those pennies out there—those pennies, nickels and dimes to save and not turn the lights on until you need to,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal

The auditor said he isn’t out to nickel and dime anyone.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Yeah,” I said as I shoved the little box down in my pocket, “I’d like a dime’s worth of jawbreakers.”

From Literature

That dime appeared to drop for stock market investors Monday.

From Los Angeles Times

Unless you’re the importer of record—and maybe even then—you won’t get back a dime of the duty you paid.

From The Wall Street Journal