dollar

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English [edit]

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

Etymology [edit]

Attested since about 1500, from early Dutch daler, daalder, from German Taler, Thaler (dollar), from Sankt Joachimsthaler, coins minted in the Saint Joachim valley (Tal is German for "valley").

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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
  2. (attributive, historical) imported from the United States, and paid for in U.S. dollars. (Note: distinguish "dollar wheat", North American farmers' slogan, meaning a market price of one dollar per bushel.)
    • 1952 Brigadier Sir Harry Mackeson, House of Commons, London; Hansard vol 504 col 271, 22 July 1952:
      The restricted purchase of dollar tobacco will, we hope, have the effect of increasing the imports of Turkish and Grecian tobacco
    • 1956 The Spectator Vol.197 p.342:
      For there are two luxury imports that lead all the others : dollar films and dollar tobacco.

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Dutch [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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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