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Uncommondime
The correct spelling is dime.
How to pronounce dime
/daɪm/
nounIPA: /daɪm/
Say it like: Dim-e
The correct spelling is dime. A coin worth one-tenth of a U.S. dollar. For example: "She didn't spend a dime."
Usage Examples
“She didn't spend a dime.”
“Are you traveling on the company's dime?”
“Somebody dimed on me and I got arrested for selling marijuana.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A coin worth one-tenth of a U.S. dollar.
- 2.A coin worth one-tenth of a Canadian dollar.
- 3.A small amount of money
- 4.An assist
- 5.A playing card with the rank of ten
verb
- 1.(with "on") To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously.
- 2.To operate an audio amplifier (especially an electric guitar amplifier) at level "10" (typically the highest amplification level).
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