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 →

2) «A dime a dozen» means very common and cheap. tree →

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 →
• How many dimes make a dollar? tree →
• He paid with 3 dimes and 2 nickels. tree →
• A pack of gum costs 4 dimes. tree →
• A dime is smaller than a penny. tree →
• Ten dimes make one dollar. tree →
• He found a dime under the sofa. tree →
• Can't you lend me a dime, Uncle Remus, to buy me a pie? tree →

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.
• A penny is worth 1 cent, a nickel 5 cents, a dime 10 cents and a quarter 25 cents.
• To count coins, find the value of each kind and add them: 2 quarters, 3 dimes, 2 nickels and 4 pennies
• 2 quarters, 3 dimes, 1 nickel and 4 pennies: 50 + 30 + 5 + 4 = 89 cents.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dime» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.