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dollar en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˈdɒl.ə/ (New-Zealand)
(Southern-England) audio
/ˈdɔː.lə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈdɑ.lɚ/ (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
/ˈdɔl.ə/ (Australia)
[ˈdɔ̟l.ə] (New-Zealand)
(California) audio
däʹlər (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
/ˈdɒl.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈdɒl.ɚ/ (Canadian, Standard)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *dalą Proto-West Germanic *dal Old High German tal Middle High German tal German Tal German Talerder. Middle Low German dālerbor. Dutch dalerbor. English dollar Attested since the mid-16th century, from early Dutch daler, daalder, from German Taler, Thaler (“dollar”), earlier Joachimsthaler, literally “of Joachimstal”, the town where the original dollars were minted. The name means “(Saint) Joachim's valley”, from Joachim + Tal. Possibly reinforced by the Dutch leeuwendaalder, which was also used in the American colonies. Doublet of taler /thaler and tolar.

Meanings

Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.
- Yeah, but why? Lincoln doesn’t need the penny for notoriety. He’s everywhere. We put him on novelty bandages, cup-and-ball games, and creepy Chia Pets. And you know where else we put him? The five-dollar bill! You know, the thing that’s worth 500 times more than the penny! 2015 November 22, “Pennies”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 35, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:
- The value of the peso has plummeted 858% against the US dollar over the past five years as the central bank printed more of the currency to help the country’s spendthrift government avoid defaulting on its debts. […] There’s another significant snag in Milei’s plan: Argentina doesn’t have enough dollars to ditch the peso. 2023 October 23, Anna Cooban, “Javier Milei wants Argentina to swap the peso for the US dollar. Here’s what that could mean”, in CNN Business:
- But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short. 2013 June 1, “Towards the end of poverty”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 11:
(broadly) Money generally.
- Television, a favored source of news and information, pulls the largest share of advertising monies. In 1935, newspapers received 45 percent of the advertising dollar, magazines 8 percent, and radio 7 percent. 2002, Marcella Ridlen Ray, Changing and Unchanging Face of United States Civil Society:
(Malaysia, broadly, colloquial) A ringgit, a unit of currency in Malaysia.
(UK, colloquial, historical) A quarter of a pound or one crown, historically minted as a coin of approximately the same size and composition as a then-contemporary dollar coin of the United States, and worth slightly more.
(attributive, historical) Imported from the United States, and paid for in U.S. dollars. (Note: distinguish "dollar wheat", North American farmers' slogan, meaning a market price of one dollar per bushel.)
- For there are two luxury imports that lead all the others: dollar films and dollar tobacco. 1956, The Spectator, volume 197, page 342:
- The restricted purchase of dollar tobacco will, we hope, have the effect of increasing the imports of Turkish and Grecian tobacco 1952 Brigadier Sir Harry Mackeson, House of Commons, London; Hansard, vol 504, col 271, 22 July 1952
(qualifier:nuclear physics) A unit of reactivity equal to the interval between delayed criticality and prompt criticality.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
dollah		alternative	lexicographic
dolla'		alternative	lexicographic
dollars	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (132)

cic daala' (designation for specific currency) · pl dolar (designation for specific currency) · nen drala (designation for specific currency) · ko 불 (designation for specific currency) · km ដុល្លារ (designation for specific currency) · hak 圓 /圆 (designation for specific currency) · eo dolaro (designation for specific currency) · ast dólar (designation for specific currency) · sv dollar (designation for specific currency) · gl dólar (designation for specific currency) · tt доллар (designation for specific currency) · vi đồng (designation for specific currency) · kn ಡಾಲರ್ (designation for specific currency) · tr dolar (designation for specific currency) · fr dollar (designation for specific currency) · kk доллар (designation for specific currency) · he דּוֹלָר (designation for specific currency) · ug دوللار (designation for specific currency) · hy դոլար (designation for specific currency) · hak 個銀 /个银 (designation for specific currency) · tk dollar (designation for specific currency) · cmn 刀 (designation for specific currency) · vo doab (designation for specific currency) · io dolaro (designation for specific currency) · ko 달러 (designation for specific currency) · hi डालर (designation for specific currency) · hak 元 (designation for specific currency) · ja ドル (designation for specific currency) · mww dauslas (designation for specific currency) · nl dollar (designation for specific currency) · sw dola (designation for specific currency) · sh dȍlār (designation for specific currency) · ga dollar (designation for specific currency) · it dollaro (designation for specific currency) · nb dollar (designation for specific currency) · lo ໂດລາ (designation for specific currency) · srn dala (designation for specific currency) · scn dòlaru (designation for specific currency) · ti ዶላር (designation for specific currency) · cy doler (designation for specific currency) · fa-ira دُلار (designation for specific currency) · fi taala (designation for specific currency) · uk до́ляр (designation for specific currency) · mk долар (designation for specific currency) · id dolar (designation for specific currency) · tg доллар (designation for specific currency) · cmn 塊 /块 (designation for specific currency) · te డాలర్ (designation for specific currency) · sl dolar (designation for specific currency) · nv béeso (designation for specific currency) · hi डॉलर (designation for specific currency) · mn ᠳ᠋ᠣᠯᠯᠠᠷ (designation for specific currency) · haw kālā (designation for specific currency) · sq dollar (designation for specific currency) · cmn 塊錢 /块钱 (designation for specific currency) · pa ਡਾਲਰ (designation for specific currency) · cmn 圓 /圆 (designation for specific currency) · pt dólar (designation for specific currency) · lv dolārs (designation for specific currency) · ps دالر (designation for specific currency) · as ডলাৰ (designation for specific currency) · yi דאָלאַר (designation for specific currency) · ta டாலர் (designation for specific currency) · ps ډالر (designation for specific currency) · el δολλάριο (designation for specific currency) · uk до́лар (designation for specific currency) · vi đô-la (designation for specific currency) · ky доллар (designation for specific currency) · gu ડોલર (designation for specific currency) · io dollar (designation for specific currency) · nan-hbl 箍 (designation for specific currency) · chr ᎠᏕᎸᎢ (designation for specific currency) · sh до̏ла̄р (designation for specific currency) · si ඩොලර් (designation for specific currency) · la dollarium (designation for specific currency) · ms dolar (designation for specific currency) · et dollar (designation for specific currency) · be до́лар (designation for specific currency) · vi đồng Mỹ (designation for specific currency) · ha dala (designation for specific currency) · ar دُولَار (designation for specific currency) · prs دَالَر (designation for specific currency) · dv ޑޮލަރު (designation for specific currency) · bg до́лар (designation for specific currency) · unm palëpay (designation for specific currency) · tl dolyar (designation for specific currency) · yue 元 (designation for specific currency) · hu dollár (designation for specific currency) · az dollar (designation for specific currency) · vo dolar (designation for specific currency) · rsk долар (designation for specific currency) · my ဒေါ်လာ (designation for specific currency) · hi डौलर (designation for specific currency) · mr डॉलर (designation for specific currency) · ba доллар (designation for specific currency) · ca dòlar (designation for specific currency) · da dollar (designation for specific currency) · uli doal’a (designation for specific currency) · ur ڈالَر (designation for specific currency) · yo dọ́là (designation for specific currency) · yue 蚊 (designation for specific currency) · cic taala' (designation for specific currency) · ml ഡോളർ (designation for specific currency) · el δολάριο (designation for specific currency) · uz dollar (designation for specific currency) · ro dolar (designation for specific currency) · is dollari (designation for specific currency) · or ଡଲାର (designation for specific currency) · es dólar (designation for specific currency) · am ዶላር (designation for specific currency) · de Dollar (designation for specific currency) · ne डलर (designation for specific currency) · lt doleris (designation for specific currency) · cs dolar (designation for specific currency) · sk dolár (designation for specific currency) · fo dollari (designation for specific currency) · sm tālā (designation for specific currency) · ka დოლარი (designation for specific currency) · th ดอลลาร์ (designation for specific currency) · ru до́ллар (designation for specific currency) · th ดอล (designation for specific currency) · be даля́р (designation for specific currency) · fi dollari (designation for specific currency) · om doolaarii (designation for specific currency) · vi đô la (designation for specific currency) · yue 圓 /圆 (designation for specific currency) · bn ডলার (designation for specific currency) · ja 弗 (designation for specific currency) · cmn 元 (designation for specific currency) · eu dolar (designation for specific currency) · mi tāra (designation for specific currency) · mn доллар (designation for specific currency)

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dollar en · NOUN

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