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noun

a government policy of promoting the business interests of its citizens in other countries.

diplomacy or foreign relations strengthened by the power of a nation's financial resources.

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Origin of dollar diplomacy

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

Words nearby dollar diplomacy

dollar averaging, dollar-a-year, dollarbird, dollar day, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, dollar diplomacy, dollarfish, dollar gap, dollarization, dollars-and-cents, dollar sign

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How to use dollar diplomacy in a sentence

It was a very faithful homage to a Six Million Dollar Man episode.
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Those who served abroad were treated with suspicion that they had been infected by European diplomacy.
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Neither could her three-week, multi-thousand dollar stay, which was supposed to be a recovery period.
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It is a multimillion-dollar business in which roughly 15 million fowl die a year.
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Meanwhile, big dollar advertising campaigns have taken an explicit rainbow-hued slant.
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The lack of bill buyers in foreign countries who will quote as low rates on dollar as on sterling bills.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
At that time, the postage on letters from that region was very high, sometimes as much as fifty or sixty cents, or even a dollar.
The Boarded-Up House|Augusta Huiell Seaman
In the metal of the tenor several coins are visible, one being a Spanish dollar of 1742.
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It stands at one extreme of our currency, with a dollar of gold set aside behind each dollar of paper.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
Not a dollar did he possess—not even did he have a suit of clothes any more, and wore every day his corduroys.
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British Dictionary definitions for dollar diplomacy

dollar diplomacy

noun mainly US

a foreign policy that encourages and protects capital investment and commercial and financial involvement abroad

use of financial power as a diplomatic weapon

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for dollar diplomacy

dollar diplomacy

The use of diplomatic influence, economic pressure, and military power to protect a nation's economic and business interests abroad. The term was first used to describe the exploitative nature of United States involvement in Latin America.