dime (Meaning)

Wordnet

dime (n)

a United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar

street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars

Webster

dime (n.)

A silver coin of the United States, of the value of ten cents; the tenth of a dollar.

dime Sentence Examples

  1. I found a dime on the sidewalk while I was walking home from school.
  2. The vending machine only accepts dimes, so I had to go to the store to get some change.
  3. The gumball machine costs a dime, so I put one in and turned the crank.
  4. The parking meter only accepts dimes, so I had to feed it several dimes to get enough time to park my car.
  5. The laundry machine costs a dime per load, so I put in two dimes to wash my clothes.
  6. The payphone costs a dime per call, so I had to find a dime to make a phone call.
  7. The arcade game costs a dime per play, so I put in a dime and started playing.
  8. The soda machine costs a dime per can, so I put in a dime and got a can of soda.
  9. The candy machine costs a dime per piece, so I put in a dime and got a piece of candy.
  10. The newspaper costs a dime, so I put in a dime and got a copy of the newspaper.

FAQs About the word dime

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I found a dime on the sidewalk while I was walking home from school.

The vending machine only accepts dimes, so I had to go to the store to get some change.

The gumball machine costs a dime, so I put one in and turned the crank.

The parking meter only accepts dimes, so I had to feed it several dimes to get enough time to park my car.