dime /daɪm/
noun [countable][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;
Origin: 'tenth part', from Latin decima]
1. a coin of the US and Canada, worth one tenth of a dollar
2. a dime a dozen American English informal very common and not valuable
Synonym : ten a penny British English:
PhDs are a dime a dozen nowadays. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲