dollar

[ dol-er ]

/ ˈdɒl ər /

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noun

a paper money, silver or cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of the United States, equal to 100 cents. Symbol: $

a silver or nickel coin and monetary unit of Canada, equal to 100 cents. Symbol: $

any of the monetary units of various other nations, as Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Fiji, Guyana, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Liberia, New Zealand, Singapore, the Solomon Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and Zimbabwe, equal to 100 cents.

Also called ringgit. a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Brunei, equal to 100 sen.

ringgit.

a thaler.

a peso.

Levant dollar.

yuan(def 1).

British Slang. (formerly)

five-shilling piece; crown.
the sum of five shillings.

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full seriousness, as of intention or purpose.

a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.

urgent character; imperativeness; insistence; importunateness.

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Origin of dollar

1545–55; earlier daler < Low German, Dutch daler; cognate with German Taler, short for Joachimsthaler coin minted in Joachimsthal in Bohemia

Words nearby dollar

dolium, doll, doll up, doll's eye sign, doll's house, a, dollar, dollar area, dollar day, dollar diplomacy, dollar gap, dollar sign

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Example sentences from the Web for dollar

There may be no entrapped pool of human talent left on earth with the dollar value of Cuban athletes.
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind|Brin-Jonathan Butler|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In just a few hours on Tuesday, the dollar exchange rate collapsed from 64 to 80 rubles before climbing back to about 68.
How Crimea Crashed the Russian Economy|Anna Nemtsova|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Pakistan was dancing for the U.S. dollar and joined up with it without any dignity.
Pakistani School Killers Want to Strike the U.S.|Sami Yousafzai, Christopher Dickey|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At currency auctions, it traded at around 64.45 rubles to the dollar and 78.8 to the euro.
How Crimea Crashed the Russian Economy|Anna Nemtsova|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In Tuesday trading alone, it plunged by more than 20 percent against the U.S. dollar.
Putin Can’t Bully or Bomb a Recession|Daniel Gross|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A dollar is 254⁄5 grains of a metal compound coined, of which nine parts are pure gold and one part a hardening alloy.
Principles of Political Economy|Arthur Latham Perry
The sketching easel that is good for anything has never been made to sell for a dollar and a half.
The Painter in Oil|Daniel Burleigh Parkhurst
One day I met the Kid there, looking for a dollar as hard as a financier.
The Autobiography of a Thief|Hutchins Hapgood
The dollar was made the unit of account and payment, and subdivisions were made in a decimal ratio.
Albert Gallatin|John Austin Stevens
Even in the off season, when dogs was down, Nig could get his dollar a day, but his masters couldn't get fifty cents.
The Magnetic North|Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond)

British Dictionary definitions for dollar

dollar

/ (ˈdɒlə) /

noun

the standard monetary unit of the US and its dependencies, divided into 100 cents

the standard monetary unit, comprising 100 cents, of the following countries or territories: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Kiribati, Liberia, Malaysia, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, and Zimbabwe

British informal (formerly) five shillings or a coin of this value

look or feel (like) a million dollars informal to look or feel extremely well

Word Origin for dollar

C16: from Low German daler, from German Taler, Thaler, short for Joachimsthaler coin made from metal mined in Joachimsthal Jachymov, town now in the Czech Republic

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Idioms and Phrases with dollar

dollar

In addition to the idiom beginning with dollars

dollars to doughnuts, it's

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feel like a million dollars
look like a million dollars
you can bet your ass (bottom dollar)

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