petrodollar
Money earned from the sale of oil, often especially as considered among a national…Money (either notionally or specifically in dollars or other currencies) earned from the sale of oil, often especially as considered among a national economy's principal revenue streams.
» Algeria's corrupt officials dipped into the country's petrodollars at will.
Meaning
1 senses(also, attributive, in the plural)Money (either notionally or specifically in dollars or other currencies) earned from the sale of oil, often especially as considered among a national economy's principal revenue streams.
Petrodollar
нефтедо́лларneftedóllar
нафтодо́ларnaftodólar
Examples
3 sentencesAlgeria's corrupt officials dipped into the country's petrodollars at will.
Algeria's corrupt officials dipped into the country's petrodollars without accountability.
Algeria's corrupt officials dipped into the country's petrodollars without parliamentary oversight.
Translations
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Forms
plural: petrodollars| Singular | petrodollar |
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