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dollar

noun
/ˈdɒl.ə/UK/ˈdɑ.lɚ/US/ˈdɒl.ɚ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *dalą Proto-West Germanic *dal Old High German tal Middle High German tal German Tal German Talerder. Middle Low German dālerbor. Dutch dalerbor. English dollar Attested since the mid-16th century, from early Dutch daler, daalder, from German Taler, Thaler (“dollar”), earlier Joachimsthaler, literally “of Joachimstal”, the town where the original dollars were minted. The name means “(Saint) Joachim's valley”, from Joachim + Tal. Possibly reinforced by the Dutch leeuwendaalder, which was also used in the American colonies. Doublet of taler /thaler and tolar.

  1. derived from Taler
  2. borrowed from daler

Definitions

  1. Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the…

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

  2. Money generally.

    • Television, a favored source of news and information, pulls the largest share of advertising monies. In 1935, newspapers received 45 percent of the advertising dollar, magazines 8 percent, and radio 7 percent.

  3. A ringgit, a unit of currency in Malaysia.

  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. A quarter of a pound or one crown, historically minted as a coin of approximately the…

      A quarter of a pound or one crown, historically minted as a coin of approximately the same size and composition as a then-contemporary dollar coin of the United States, and worth slightly more.

    2. Imported from the United States, and paid for in U.S. dollars. (Note

      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.)

      • The restricted purchase of dollar tobacco will, we hope, have the effect of increasing the imports of Turkish and Grecian tobacco
      • For there are two luxury imports that lead all the others: dollar films and dollar tobacco.

    3. A unit of reactivity equal to the interval between delayed criticality and prompt…

      A unit of reactivity equal to the interval between delayed criticality and prompt criticality.

    4. A small town in Clackmannanshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9698)

    5. An unincorporated community in Coosa County, Alabama, United States.

    6. A former community in Ontario, Canada, now part of the city of Markham.

    7. A locality in South Gippsland Shire, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

    8. A surname.

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Derived

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA