dollar

Definitions

1. A small town in Clackmannanshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9698)
   countable, uncountable
2. 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 $
3. 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 $.
4. An unincorporated community in Coosa County, Alabama, United States.
   countable, uncountable
5. Money generally
6. Money generally.
   broadly
7. A former community in Ontario, Canada, now part of the city of Markham.
   countable, uncountable
8. A ringgit, a unit of currency in Malaysia
9. A ringgit, a unit of currency in Malaysia.
   Malaysia, broadly, colloquial
10. A locality in South Gippsland Shire, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
    countable, uncountable
11. 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
12. 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.
    UK, colloquial, historical
13. A surname.
    countable, uncountable
14. 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.)
15. A unit of reactivity equal to the interval between delayed criticality and prompt criticality.

Equivalents

57 more languages

العربيةالدّولاردولار

Azərbaycan dilidollar

Беларускаядолар

Българскидолар

বাংলাডলার

Bosanskidolarkalataratiдолар+ 2 more

Catalàdòlar

Češtinadolar

Cymraegdoler

Danskdollar

Ελληνικάδολάριοδολλάριο

Esperantodolaro

Euskaradolar

Suomidollaritaalaviisisatanen

Gaeilgedollar

Gàidhligcòig tastandolair

Galegodólar

Hausadala

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻikala

עבריתדולר

हिन्दीडालरडॉलर

Hrvatskidolarkalataratiдолар+ 2 more

Հայերենդոլար

Bahasa Indonesiadolar

Íslenskadollari

Italianodollaro

日本語ドル弗

ქართულიდოლარი

Қазақ тілідоллар

ភាសាខ្មែរដុល្លារ

한국어달러불불화

Kurdîdolardolertaratitî+ 2 more

Latinadollariumthalerus

ລາວໂດລາ

Lietuviųdoleris

Latviešudolārs

Te Reo Māoritara

Македонскидолар

Монголдоллар

Bahasa Melayudolar

မြန်မာဒေါ်လာ

नेपालीडलर

Nederlandsdollar

Polskidolarpapier

Portuguêsdólar

Românădolar

Русскийдоллар

Српскиdolarkalataratiдолар+ 2 more

Svenskadollar

Kiswahilidola

ไทยดอลดอลลาร์

Tagalogdolyar

Türkçedolar

ئۇيغۇرچەدوللار

Українськабаксдолардоляр

Tiếng Việtđô lađộngtì

Yorùbádọla

Examples

“But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own⟳ poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live⟳ lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.”

“Yeah, but why? Lincoln doesn’t need⟳ the penny for notoriety. He’s everywhere. We put⟳ him on novelty bandages, cup-and-ball games, and creepy Chia Pets. And you know⟳ where else we put⟳ him? The five-dollar bill! You know⟳, the thing that’s worth 500 times more than the penny!”

“The value of the peso has plummeted 858% against the US dollar over the past five years as the central bank printed more of the currency to help⟳ the country’s spendthrift government avoid⟳ defaulting on its debts. […] There’s another significant snag in Milei’s plan⟳: Argentina doesn’t have⟳ enough dollars to ditch the peso.”

“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.”

“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.”

CEFR level