dollar
[ dol-er ]
/ ˈdɒl ər /
noun
Origin of dollar
1545–55; earlier
daler < Low German, Dutch
daler; cognate with German
Taler, short for
Joachimsthaler coin minted in Joachimsthal in Bohemia
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British Dictionary definitions for dollar
dollar
/ (ˈdɒlə) /
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
British informal
(formerly) five shillings or a coin of this value
look or feel (like) a million dollars informal
to look or feel extremely well
Word Origin for dollar
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
Idioms and Phrases with dollar
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