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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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Nordea's 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

Currency markets are also on intervention watch from Japanese authorities, with the yen falling through the 145 per dollar area and anchored around its weakest level against the euro since 2008.

From Reuters • Aug. 14, 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

Hard hit by the rising prices of raw materials and production costs, Japan is fighting a losing battle to close its chronic $42 million monthly gap in trade with the dollar area.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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