This is how you count things when you're in a hurry or dealing with a lot of items, like money at the palengke or test papers to be distributed. Instead of going "isa, dalawa, tatlo...", you go "**pasampu**-sampu." It's the lifehack for counting. "Paano mo binilang 'yung bayad?" "Ah, **pasampu**." (How'd you count the payment? "Ah, by tens.")