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dollar
[dol-er]
noun
a paper money, silver or cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of the United States, equal to 100 cents. $
a silver or nickel coin and monetary unit of Canada, equal to 100 cents. $
any of the monetary units of various other nations, as Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, East Timor, Fiji, Guyana, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Liberia, New Zealand, Singapore, the Solomon Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and Zimbabwe, equal to 100 cents.
Also called ringgit.a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Brunei, equal to 100 sen.
a thaler.
a peso.
yuan.
British Slang.(formerly)
five-shilling piece; crown.
the sum of five shillings.
dollar
/ ˈɒə /
noun
the standard monetary unit of the US and its dependencies, divided into 100 cents
the standard monetary unit, comprising 100 cents, of the following countries or territories: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Kiribati, Liberia, Malaysia, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, and Zimbabwe
informal(formerly) five shillings or a coin of this value
informalto look or feel extremely well
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of dollar1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of dollar1
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