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dollarship 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-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English dollarship From dollar + -ship.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Monetary concerns; the power of money.
    • The failure to proactively create and incentivize leadership programs that address this unique role makes it more likely that models appropriate to different organizational forms, more focused on “dollarship than scholarship,” will dominate. 2017, Duncan Waite, Ira Bogotch, The Wiley International Handbook of Educational Leadership:
    • The Lord Norths of our day form steel trusts and sugar trusts and all other kinds of trusts, and then claim — not the divine right of kingship, but — the divine right of dollarship to rule the earth. 1970, Wilshire's, volumes 2-4, page 36: