as in peanuts
a very small sum of money
the beauty of this deal is that all the extras won't cost you a dime
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Recent Examples of dime
Texas authorities were spotted on video shoveling and individually picking up $800,000 worth of dimes that spilled across a highway early Tuesday.
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Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Edwards was credited by NBA.com with 12 potential assists in Game 4, and throughout this four-game series, he's totaled just 23 dimes (5.8 per game) on 41 total potential assists per game (10.25 potential assists per game).
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
But that all changed when Sam Lerman, an American military veteran, decided to volunteer as a wartime advisor by going to Ukraine in April 2022 on his own dime.
—Cathrine Todd, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Conservatives have long targeted public broadcasting for spending cuts, seeing it as a bastion of left-wing thinking that is sent over the airwaves on the taxpayer’s dime.
—Haisten Willis, The Washington Examiner, 14 Apr. 2025
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Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Edwards was credited by NBA.com with 12 potential assists in Game 4, and throughout this four-game series, he's totaled just 23 dimes (5.8 per game) on 41 total potential assists per game (10.25 potential assists per game).
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
But that all changed when Sam Lerman, an American military veteran, decided to volunteer as a wartime advisor by going to Ukraine in April 2022 on his own dime.
—Cathrine Todd, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Conservatives have long targeted public broadcasting for spending cuts, seeing it as a bastion of left-wing thinking that is sent over the airwaves on the taxpayer’s dime.
—Haisten Willis, The Washington Examiner, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dime
Noun
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The heartwarming and humorous video, presumably filmed by her owner, captures the farm cat lounging in a bed of hay, unfazed and confident despite being caught with another cats' kittens.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 May 2025
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Bright, medium yellow; delicate aromas of hay and spearmint.—
Tom Hyland,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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His $75,000 signing bonus was a relative pittance compared to what top picks command.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
17 Apr. 2025
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The amounts, however, are still a pittance compared to what is needed for equipment, weapons or to even replace the dozens of police stations that have been destroyed by gangs.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Dime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dime. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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