English Explanatory Dictionary

ten-cent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. two-bit (insignificant or worthless); cheap (both inexpensive and poorly made).
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ten, cent: costing 10¢.

Word forms

ten-cent more ten-cent most ten-cent

Etymology

From a time when 10¢ was a commonly encountered price for cheap goods and services.

Synonyms

poor man's dollar-store Wish.com Poundland pound-shop Tesco Value BTEC

Related words

fifty-cent tour

Derived words

ten-cent store ten-cent tour ten-cent word
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