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# dime

«dime» in Mova's school dictionary: **a coin in the United States and Canada** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (dime, dimes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A dime is a coin in the United States and Canada. A dime is 10 cents, and a dollar is 10 dimes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dime/#m1)

2) «A dime a dozen» means very common and cheap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dime/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

maths: money: a coin worth 10 cents; coins counted and turned into cents or dollars (value = dimes × 10 cents); everyday life in the USA: penny 1 cent, nickel 5 cents, dime 10 cents, quarter 25 cents

### examples

- She has 7 dimes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dime/#x1)
- How many dimes make a dollar? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dime/#x2)
- He paid with 3 dimes and 2 nickels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dime/#x3)
- A pack of gum costs 4 dimes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dime/#x4)
- A dime is smaller than a penny. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dime/#x5)
- Ten dimes make one dollar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dime/#x6)
- He found a dime under the sofa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dime/#x7)
- Can't you lend me a dime, Uncle Remus, to buy me a pie? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dime/#x8)

### note

A hidden number: 1 dime = 10 cents, 10 dimes = 1 dollar. Trap: a dime is worth more than a nickel (5 cents) though it is smaller. 7 dimes is 70 cents, not 7 cents.

### In the corpora

- [In the USA a penny is 1 cent, a nickel 5 cents, a dime 10 cents and a quarter 25 cents.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/4/)
- [A penny is worth 1 cent, a nickel 5 cents, a dime 10 cents and a quarter 25 cents.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/91-counting-coins/0/)
- [To count coins, find the value of each kind and add them: 2 quarters, 3 dimes, 2 nickels and 4 pennies](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/91-counting-coins/1/)
- [2 quarters, 3 dimes, 1 nickel and 4 pennies: 50 + 30 + 5 + 4 = 89 cents.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/240-us-coins/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dime» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dime/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.