Meaning

6 senses

  1. 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 $.

    Dollar

    до́лларdóllar

    до́ларdólar, до́лярdóljar

  2. (broadly)Money generally.

    a piece of paper money worth one dollar

  3. (Malaysia, broadly, colloquial)A ringgit, a unit of currency in Malaysia.

  4. (UK, colloquial, historical)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.

    a United States coin worth one dollar

  5. (attributive, historical)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.)

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

    the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents

Examples

1836 sentences

  1. I sold it for ten dollars.

    Я продав його за десять доларів. — deniko

    ruЯ продал это за десять долларов. — sharptoothed

    deIch habe es für zehn Dollar verkauft. — MUIRIEL

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  2. I bought a camera for 30 dollars.

    Я купив фотоапарат за тридцять доларів. — deniko

    ruЯ купил фотоаппарат за тридцать долларов. — afyodor

    deIch habe eine Kamera für 30 Dollar gekauft. — al_ex_an_der

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  3. I am paid 10 dollars an hour.

    Мені платять десять доларів за годину. — deniko

    ruМне платят 10 долларов в час. — Balamax

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  4. I paid five dollars to him.

    Я заплатив йому п'ять доларів. — aandrusiak

    deIch zahlte ihm fünf Dollar. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. He will pay 20 dollars at most.

    Він заплатить щонайбільше 20 доларів. — marko

    ruОн заплатит не больше 20 долларов. — mikhailkrus

    deEr wird höchstens 20 Dollar zahlen. — Wolf

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Translations

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Origin

Attested since the mid-16th century, from early Dutch daler, daalder, from German Taler, T

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.

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Forms

plural: dollars

Synonyms

7 synonyms
bucksmackeroo
Close in meaning

Word family

82 related words
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Derivedagridollaralmighty dollarantidollarbillion-dollar grassbillion-dollar questionbottom dollarchop dollarcyberdollardollarabledollarairedollar auctiondollar-a-year mandollar beandollar billdollarbirddollarbuckdollarchaserdollar dancedollar daydollar decadedollar democracydollar diplomacydollardomdollared

Collocations

12 patterns
  • three hundred dollars
  • hundred dollars
  • thirty dollars
  • million dollars
  • thousand dollars
  • three thousand dollars
  • three million dollars
  • paid thirty dollars
  • three dollars
  • a million dollars
  • thirty dollars that
  • thirty dollars for

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
doledollA1dollopdolly
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