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dollar

[dol-er]

noun

  1. a paper money, silver or cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of the United States, equal to 100 cents. $

  2. a silver or nickel coin and monetary unit of Canada, equal to 100 cents. $

  3. 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.

  4. Also called ringgit.a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Brunei, equal to 100 sen.

  5. ringgit.

  6. a thaler.

  7. a peso.

  8. Levant dollar.

  9. yuan.

  10. British Slang.(formerly)

    1. five-shilling piece; crown.

    2. the sum of five shillings.



dollar

/ ˈɒə /

noun

  1. the standard monetary unit of the US and its dependencies, divided into 100 cents

  2. 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

  3. informal(formerly) five shillings or a coin of this value

  4. informalto look or feel extremely well

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dollar1

First recorded in 1545–55; earlier daler, from Low German, Dutch daler; cognate with German Taler, short for Joachimsthaler, a silver coin minted in Joachimsthal ( Czech á⳾DZ ) in Bohemia
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dollar1

C16: from Low German daler, from German Taler, Thaler, short for Joachimsthaler coin made from metal mined in Joachimsthal Jachymov, town now in the Czech Republic
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Idioms and Phrases

In addition to the idiom beginning with dollars, also see feel like a million dollars; look like a million dollars; you can bet your ass (bottom dollar).
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Example Sentences

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Most district attorneys are reluctant to prosecute unless there are “multiple cases and hundreds of dollars in losses,” she said.

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The company agreed to pay more than a hundred million dollars.

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