next in order after the ninth; coming after nine others.-constituting or being one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided.-the next in order after the ninth; one coming after nine others.-the quotient of a unit divided by ten; one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided.-the tenth part of annual produce, income, increase, or the like; a tithe.-the interval between any tone and the tone represented on the tenth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and three of the octave above; the octave of the third.-a temporary aid issuing out of personal property, and granted to the king by parliament; formerly, the real tenth part of all the movables belonging to the subject.-the tenth part of the annual profit of every living in the kingdom, formerly paid to the pope, but afterward transferred to the crown. it now forms a part of the fund called queen anne's bounty.