Dime vs. Dine — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Dime and Dine
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Dime
A coin of the United States or Canada worth ten cents.
Dine
To have dinner.
Dime
(US) A coin worth one-tenth of a U.S. dollar.
Dine
To give dinner to; entertain at dinner
Wined and dined the visiting senators.
Dime
(Canada) A coin worth one-tenth of a Canadian dollar.
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Dine
(used with a pl. verb) The Navajo people.
Dime
(North America) A small amount of money.
She didn't spend a dime.
Dine
The Navajo language.
Dime
An assist.
Dine
(intransitive) To eat; to eat dinner or supper.
Dime
(slang) A playing card with the rank of ten.
Dine
To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed.
Dime
(slang) Ten dollars.
Dine
To dine upon; to have to eat.
Dime
(slang) A thousand dollars.
Dine
(obsolete) dinnertime
Dime
(slang) A measurement of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten dollar bags.
Dine
To eat the principal regular meal of the day; to take dinner.
Now can I break my fast, dine, sup, and sleep.
Dime
(slang) A ten year prison sentence.
Dine
To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed; as, to dine a hundred men.
A table massive enough to have dined Johnnie Armstrong and his merry men.
Dime
(slang) Payment responsibility.
Are you traveling on the company's dime?
Dine
To dine upon; to have to eat.
Dime
A beautiful woman (10 on a 10-point scale).
Dine
Have supper; eat dinner;
We often dine with friends in this restaurant
Dime
(American football) A defensive formation with six defensive backs, one of whom is a dimeback.
Dine
Give dinner to; host for dinner;
I'm wining and dining my friends
Dime
To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously.
Somebody dimed on me and I got arrested for selling marijuana.
Dime
To operate an audio amplifier (especially an electric guitar amplifier) at level "10" (typically the highest amplification level).
I get the best-sounding sustain and smooth harmonic distortion when I run the amp dimed.
Dime
A silver coin of the United States, of the value of ten cents; the tenth of a dollar.
Dime
A United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar
Dime
Street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars
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