A dime was a unit of currency on Earth used in the United States of America and Canada. It was equal to one-tenth of a dollar ($0.10), or ten cents (10¢).
In 1893, a beggar asked Data for whiskey, and when Data responded that he had none, the beggar told him that he would take a dime instead. (TNG: "Time's Arrow")
When Worf requested that the 1960s hologram Vic Fontaine play the same song over and over again, Vic used an old expression: "It's your dime." This referred to the fact that Earth jukeboxes, which played songs on demand, once accepted dimes to play a song. (DS9: "Image in the Sand")
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In the final draft script of ENT: "Canamar", scar tissue on Kuroda Lor-ehn's wrists from the insertion of subdermal implants was described as "about the size of a dime on each wrist."
The script for the Star Trek: The Next Generation second season episode "The Outrageous Okona" describes the tables in Charnock's Comedy Cabaret as dime-sized. [1]
In a deleted scene from "Manhunt", after Slade Bender tells Rex that Alva promised Bender that she would contact him if she knew he was looking for her, Rex replies, "If I had a dime for every time a dame's said that to a guy – I’d… probably have less than a dollar." [2]
The script for the fifth season episode "Ensign Ro" states that Jean-Luc Picard "turns on a dime" the moment he and Ro Laren enter his ready room. [3]
The script for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fifth season episode "Ferengi Love Songs" states "the dime drops" as Quark realizes that Brunt knows about Zek's failing memory. [4]
External link[]
- Dime at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- Dime (United States coin) at Wikipedia