dollar

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[edit] English

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

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c. 1500, from early Dutch daler, daalder, from German Taler, Thaler (dollar), from coins Sankt Joachimsthaler (from the Saint Joachim valley), named from the place where coins were minted from silver mined nearby, in what is now the Czech Republic (former Joachimsthaler, Bohemia).

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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 $.
    • 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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From English dollar, from early Dutch daler, daalder.

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  • IPA: /ˈdɔlɑr/

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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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dollar c.

  1. dollar

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