Dictionary

dollaraire en · NOUN

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 Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- Proto-Indo-European *-lom Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslom ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī Latin mīlle Italian mille Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ōnem Italian -one Italian milionebor. Old French million Middle French million French million Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. French -aire French millionnairebor. English millionaire English -aire English dollaraire From dollar + -aire.

Meanings

1. (rare) Somebody whose wealth equals or is greater than the mentioned amount of dollars.
   • The world's playground became a camp, and now is a workshop, and our billionaires, millionaires, and hundred-thousand-dollaraires will have to put up with Florida, California, our sight-seeing trips, and the Canadian resorts. 1920, The Argonaut, volume 87, Argonaut Publishing Company, page 26:
   • If not, what fan/heatsink do you all suggest for the 600e (good price to performance ratio important, I aint a hundred-dollar-aire you know) 2000 April 14, rainkid, “CELERON / COPPERMINE Fan/Heatsink”, in alt.comp.hardware.overclocking (Usenet), message-ID <jczJ4.90068$17.1965143@news4.giganews.com>:
   • One is the Publishers Clearing House, which I visit every day, because you never know! I just may be the next 10 million-dollar-aire! 1996 August 13, Ana Diaz, “Re: A teeny tiny survey”, in alt.cuddle (Usenet), message-ID <3210A8C6.283C@worldnet.att.net>:
   • “I vote we keep going. We catch seven or eight more of these suckers and we’ll be hundred dollar-aires.” 2018 February 22, Allan Cole, chapter 26, in S.O.S.: A Novel of World War 2, Wildside Press, →ISBN, page 195:
   • At one time you were a “ten dollaraire,” then a hunderedaire, thousandaire, millionaire, multi-millionaire etc. 2011 August 14, Bill McKenna, “Chapter 17: Uncaused Joy”, in The Only Lesson, United States: Balboa Press, →ISBN, page 89:
   • “So,” I clutched my army jacket at my neck, “how does it feel to be a hundred-thousand-dollaraire?” 2001 January 21, Steve Hermanos, Strange Jazz, United States: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 108:
   • If everybody around you keeps saying, “Congratulations, you’re a millionaire!”, you can be forgiven for thinking, “Hey, yeah, I’m a millionaire!” After all, that has a much nicer ring than “Hey, I’m a 47,000-dollar-aire!” 2009 January 6, Robert Doyen, Meg Schneider, “Chapter 12: Winning Wealth”, in Making Millions For Dummies, Indianapolis, Indiana; Canada: Wiley, →ISBN, Part III: Paths Paved with Gold, page 162:
   • And no-one ever refers to a billion pounds as a "billipound", or Bill Gates as a "billion-dollar-aire". Completely different notation systems. 2006 May 16, robcraine, “Re: [I] Very Large Numbers”, in alt.fan.pratchett (Usenet), message-ID <1147775358.434790.213100@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>:
2. (rare) Somebody whose wealth equals a very small amount of dollars, especially when compared with millionaires, hundredaires, etc.
   • THE MILLIONAIRE / […] / THE DOLLARAIRE / First Workingman: I have two thousand dollars that I wish I could invest where I wouldn't have to pay taxes on it. 1922, Los Angeles Single Tax League, Tax Relief Association of California, Tax Facts, page 46:
   • Now as to the money. While I am a multi-thousandaire, I think you might just be a hundredaire or even a dollaraire. So that is an issue. 2004 May 9, Boob, “Re: Grudgematch 2004!”, in alt.surfing (Usenet), message-ID <109sb8t22et3f72@corp.supernews.com>:
   • They have no millionaires, very few thousandaires, more hundredaires, and mostly dollaraires. 1906, William Harrison De Puy, The Methodist Year-book, Philips & Hunt:

Forms