different between tenner vs dime

English

Etymology

ten +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t?n?(?)/
• Rhymes: -?n?(r)
• Homophone: tenor

Noun

tenner (plural tenners)

1. (informal) A monetary note (bill) whose face value is ten basic units of currency. Originally, a ten-shilling (half pound) note.
2. (film, slang) A kind of 10-kilowatt lamp.
   • 2008, Blain Brown, Motion Picture and Video Lighting (page 11)

     The basic 10K, known as a tenner or studio 10K, has a 20-inch fresnel. The big daddy of the group is the Big Eye tenner, which has a 24-inch lens.

3. A tennis shoe.

Translations

See also

• fiver

Anagrams

• rennet

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

tenner m or f

1. indefinite plural of tann

Verb

tenner

1. present of tenne

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tenner f

1. indefinite plural of tann

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