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dollarize en · VERB

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 *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English dollarize From dollar + -ize.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To undergo dollarization; to start using the dollar as currency.
   • That trust lies in right-wing libertarian President Javier Milei, who came to office last December on a promise of turning Argentina’s economy around by drastically reducing government payouts, slashing the size of the state, and dollarizing the economy. 2024 March 29, Max Klaver, “Argentina inflation stings as people brace for president’s radical change”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
   • To dollarize its economy, Argentina would need to exchange all pesos held by its people and businesses for US dollars, and assign a dollar value to all of its assets and contracts. […] Economists at Capital Economics wrote in an August note that dollarized countries El Salvador, Panama and Ecuador show “markedly lower inflation than elsewhere in the region.” 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:
2. (transitive) To convert to dollars.

Forms

Deriveds

dollarization

Translations (9)

pl dolaryzować (to undergo dollarization) · gl dolarizar (to undergo dollarization) · vi đô la hoá (to undergo dollarization) · de dollarisieren (to undergo dollarization) · fr dollariser (to undergo dollarization) · es dolarizar (to undergo dollarization) · ca dolaritzar (to undergo dollarization) · it dollarizzare (to undergo dollarization) · pt dolarizar (to undergo dollarization)