dollar

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A one-dollar note (US), front and back.
See also Dollar

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From German thaler, ‘dollar’, from thal, ‘valley’, from coins called "Saint Joachim’s thaler", named from silver mined in the Saint Joachim Valley in what is now the Czech Republic (former Joachimsthaler, Germany).

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Singular
dollar

Plural
dollars

dollar (plural dollars)

  1. Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, Australia, the United States, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.

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  • 1990 October 28, Paul Simon, “Born at the Right Time”, The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.
    We like to go down to restaurant row / Spend those euro-dollars / All the way from Washington to Tokyo

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  • IPA: /dɔlɑr/

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dollar m. (plural dollars, diminutive dollartje)

  1. Dollar.

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dollar m. (plural dollars)

  1. Dollar

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Inflection for dollar Singular Plural
common Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Base form dollar dollarn dollar dollarna
Possessive form dollars dollarns dollars dollarnas

dollar c.

  1. dollar