dime

Definition

  • noun: a U.S. or Canadian coin that is worth 10 cents
  • noun: a coin of the United States worth

Examples

  • Customers are being 'nickeled-and-dimed' by the cell phone company. [=customers are being charged extra small fees by the cell phone company that will add up to a lot of money over time]

  • You should buy a new car before this one 'nickle-and-dimes' you to death. [=before you need to pay for a lot of repairs on this one]

  • They regarded him as just another 'dime-store' [='second-rate'] philosopher.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) If he's here, there's plenty more comin'. More what? Bounty hunters. Carver's rotten, but his old man, that's the one to be scared of. He'll spend every dime he's got to make sure I'm dead. If it was up to me, I'd lay the whole family down, same as the other. Ain't a decent man between them. (..)
    2012 Mud