Dollar Definition
dŏlər
dollars
noun
dollars
The basic monetary unit of the U.S., equal to 100 cents.
Webster's New World
Any of the standard monetary units of various other countries, as of Australia, Barbados, and Canada.
Webster's New World
A coin or piece of paper money of the value of a dollar.
Webster's New World
The Mexican peso.
Webster's New World
A Spanish coin (piece of eight) used in American Revolutionary times.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- clam
- buck
- one dollar bill
- dollar-bill
- dollar sign
- dollar mark
- simoleon
- one
- money
- greenback
- currency
- bean
- silver certificate
- bill
- peso
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Other Word Forms of Dollar
Noun
Singular:
dollar
Plural:
dollarsOrigin of Dollar
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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").
From Wiktionary
Low German daler taler from German Taler short for Joachimstaler after Joachimstal (Jáchymov), a town of northwest Czech Republic where similar coins were first minted
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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