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dollar
[ dol-er ]
noun
- a paper money, silver or cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of the United States, equal to 100 cents. : $
- a silver or nickel coin and monetary unit of Canada, equal to 100 cents. : $
- any of the monetary units of various other nations, as Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, East Timor, Fiji, Guyana, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Liberia, New Zealand, Singapore, the Solomon Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and Zimbabwe, equal to 100 cents.
- Also called ringgit. a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Brunei, equal to 100 sen.
- a thaler.
- a peso.
- British Slang. (formerly)
- five-shilling piece; crown.
- the sum of five shillings.
dollar
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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
- informal.(formerly) five shillings or a coin of this value
- look or feel (like) a million dollars informal.to look or feel extremely well
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of dollar1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of dollar1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with dollars , also see feel like a million dollars ; look like a million dollars ; you can bet your ass (bottom dollar) .Example Sentences
Democrats were able to maintain the liberal majority on the court despite the tens of millions of dollars spent by conservative groups, including by tech billionaire Elon Musk, who campaigned there in person.
After declaring a national economic emergency on Wednesday, Trump announced new tariffs on billions of dollars of goods of at least 10%.
The county is expected to owe hundreds of millions of dollars in interest on those bonds, which have to be paid off by 2051.
US President Donald Trump has announced and imposed a range of tariffs - or import taxes - on billions of dollars worth of goods coming into the US.
They think claims of bureaucratic bloat and misspent tax dollars are legit across all levels of government, and he noted that in California, undocumented immigrants qualify for Medi-Cal.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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