Dime vs Pence - What's the difference?
dime | pence |
(US) A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar. The physical coin is smaller than a penny.
(Canada) A coin worth one-tenth of a Canadian dollar.
(US, basketball) An assist
(slang) A playing card with the rank of ten
(slang) Ten dollars
(slang) A thousand dollars
(slang) A measurement of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten dollar bags.
(slang) Payment responsibility
(slang) A beautiful woman (10 from the 10-point scale)
To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously.
(British) (the sub-unit of the pound sterling).
As nouns the difference between dime and pence
is that dime is a coin worth one-tenth of a dollar. The physical coin is smaller than a penny while pence is plural of lang=en (the sub-unit of the pound sterling).As a verb dime
is to inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously.As a proper noun Dime
is an Omotic language, spoken by fewer than 10,000 speakers in Ethiopia.dime
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl)Noun
(en noun)- Are you traveling on the company's dime ?
- She's a dime piece.
Synonyms
* (coin) ten cent piece (Used in other countries with dollars and cents currencies) * (thousand dollars) grandDerived terms
* a dime's worth * dime bag * dime store * drop a dime * not worth a dime * stop on a dime * turn on a dime * * nickel and dime * dime a dozen * not worth a dime * *See also
* buck * dollar * mill * nickel * quarterReferences
* Weisenberg, Michael (2000)The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
Etymology 2
From the use of the coin in a payphone to report a crime to the police. US payphones charged 10ยข in almost all jurisdictions until the late 1970s.Verb
(dim)- Somebody dimed on me and I got arrested for selling marijuana.