dime has definitions from the field of nautical
1
[ noun ] a US coin worth one tenth of a dollar

Used in print

(Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)

The line soon lived_up_to its name , as local messages of moderate length could be sent for a dime and the company was quickly able to declare very liberal dividends on its capital_stock .

Related terms

coin

2
[ noun ] (nautical) street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars

Synonyms

dime_bag

Related terms

deck

3
[ adjective ] costing 10 dollars; slang for the price of unlawful drugs

Examples

"a dime bag"

Related terms

priced

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