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dollar area

American  

noun

  1. those countries among which trade is conducted in U.S. dollars or in freely convertible currencies.


Etymology

Origin of dollar area

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

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Cekov said the yen likely needs to be around the 155 per dollar area for Japanese authorities to consider intervention or to talk the currency up.

From Reuters • Nov. 6, 2023

It jumped 0.7% on Thursday - its best day since July - pushing the yen back down toward the key 150.00 per dollar area.

From Reuters • Oct. 12, 2023

Those restructured bonds have been trading in the low 30-cents on the dollar area for most of last year.

From Reuters • Mar. 25, 2022

Today, 90% of all the goods flowing into West Germany from the dollar area have no import quotas v.

From Time Magazine Archive

By last week, EPU's deficit with the dollar area was still a huge $3.7 billion.

From Time Magazine Archive