| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  d m |
| NOUN: | 1. A coin of the United States or Canada worth ten cents. 2. Slang A dime bag. | | IDIOMS: | a dime a dozen Overly abundant; commonplace. on a dime At a precise point; within a narrowly defined area: a sports car that stops on a dime. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, tenth part, from Old French disme, from Latin decima (pars), tenth (part), from decem, ten. See dek in Appendix I.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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