standard dollar

American  

noun

1. the basic monetary unit of the U.S., since January 31, 1934, containing 15.2 grains of gold, 0.900 fine: previously contained 25.8 grains of gold, 0.900 fine.

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Etymology

Origin of standard dollar

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80

Example Sentences

The lawsuit says Williams is seeking more than $50,000 for each count, a standard dollar amount that must be listed in Minnesota if a plaintiff intends to seek anything above that figure.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2023

Shanghai buzzed with rumors that President Roosevelt's upping of the price of silver was about to force Chiang and Kung to take China's standard dollar off its white metal base.

From Time Magazine Archive

The boys were feeling pretty well, because they found their half dollars dollars—the Mexican fifty-cent piece, bigger and with more silver in it than the American standard dollar, was a bird.

From The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient by Halstead, Murat

In 1785 the American standard was fixed at 375.64 grains of pure silver which became the unit of account, the standard dollar.

From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 6 by Various

Why the trade dollar should not be converted into a standard dollar.

From Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. by Sherman, John