How to say "dime" in Japanese

• ダイム
  nounA less common loanword for the United States ten-cent coin. Use it when 'dime' names the coin itself or its value, as in talk about American money.
• びた一文びたいちもん
  nounThis does not name the coin; it means a very small amount of money, a pittance. It fits 'dime' only in figurative uses like 'not worth a dime', stressing how negligible the sum is.
  恐喝きょうかつのその犠牲者ぎせいしゃは、ここ何なん年間ねんかんというもの口止くちどめ料りょうを払はらってきた。だが、今いまでは、それは愚おろかなことだと悟さとり、もうびた一文いちもん払はらわないことに決きめた。↗

  The victim of blackmail has been paying hush money for years, but now he realizes it is foolish, and has decided not to pay a red cent more.

Use 「ダイム」 for the American ten-cent coin itself, and 「びた一文」 when 'dime' figuratively means a negligible sum of money, as in 'not worth a dime'.

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• ダイムdime
• びた一文びたいちもんvery small amount of money