different between dime vs pence

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da?m/
• Rhymes: -a?m

Etymology 1

Middle English dime, from Anglo-Norman disme (“one tenth, tithe”) (modern French dîme), from Latin decimus (“tenth”). Doublet of decime.

Noun

dime (plural dimes)

1. (US) A coin worth one-tenth of a U.S. dollar.

   Coordinate terms: quarter, nickel, penny

2. (Canada) A coin worth one-tenth of a Canadian dollar.
3. (Canada, US) A small amount of money.

4. (US, basketball) An assist.
5. (slang) A playing card with the rank of ten.
6. (slang) Ten dollars.
7. (slang) A thousand dollars.

   Synonym: grand

8. (slang) A measurement of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten dollar bags.
9. (slang) Payment responsibility

10. (US, slang) A beautiful woman (10 on a 10-point scale)
11. (American football) A defensive formation with six defensive backs, one of whom is a dimeback.

Synonyms

• (coin): ten cent piece (Used in other countries with dollars and cents currencies)

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• buck
• dollar
• mill
• nickel
• quarter

References

• Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ?ISBN

Etymology 2

From the use of the coin in a payphone to report a crime to the police. US payphones charged 10¢ in almost all jurisdictions until the late 1970s.

Verb

dime (third-person singular simple present dimes, present participle diming, simple past and past participle dimed)

1. (US, slang, with "on") To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously.

   Synonyms: drop a dime on someone, dime out; see also Thesaurus:rat out

2. (US, slang) To operate an audio amplifier (especially an electric guitar amplifier) at level "10" (typically the highest amplification level).

References

Anagrams

• Demi, Diem, demi, demi-, idem, meid

Italian

Noun

dime f

1. plural of dima

Anagrams

• idem, medi

Ladino

Verb

dime

1. imperative singular of dezir with first-person singular pronoun attached: tell me.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English. Ultimately from Latin decimus (“tenth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???m/

Noun

dime m (definite singular dimen, indefinite plural dimes, definite plural dimene)

1. a dime

References

• “dime” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “dime” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English. Ultimately from Latin decimus (“tenth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???m/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

dime m (definite singular dimen, indefinite plural dimes, definite plural dimane)

1. a dime

Anagrams

• deim, demi-

Spanish

Verb

dime

1. Compound of the informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of decir, di and the pronoun me.

   ¡Dime!

   Tell me!

See also

• dinos
• diles

English

Etymology

14th century contraction of penies (“pennies”), collective plural of penny.

Pronunciation

• (UK, Ireland) IPA^(key): /p?ns/ (stressed), IPA^(key): /p?ns/ (unstressed and in compounds)
• Rhymes: -?ns

Noun

pence

1. plural of penny (the subunit of the pound sterling or Irish pound).

Usage notes

• This is the collective plural, used when referring to a sum of money, as in These apples are twenty pence each. When referring to several coins each worth one penny, the correct plural is pennies, as in I have one tenpence coin and three pennies.

Related terms

• sixpence
• threepence
• twopence

References