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Noun: dime  dIm
Usage: N. Amer
  1. A United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar
    "He put a dime in the parking meter"
     
  2. [N. Amer, slang] Street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars
    "The undercover officer witnessed the exchange of a dime bag";
    - dime bag [US, slang]
     
  3. [N. Amer, informal] (basketball) an assist
    "The point guard dropped a dime to set up the game-winning shot"

Derived forms: dimes

Type of: coin, deck [slang]

Encyclopedia: Dime, James