Canadian dollar
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1.3
- noun
- /kəˈneɪdiən ˈdɑlər/
:
dólar canadiense
- The price for the concert tickets is 50 Canadian dollars each.
- billion Canadian dollars
- value of the Canadian dollar
- million Canadian dollars
Examples
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You can exchange your US dollars for Canadian dollars at the airport before your trip.
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Storm-water capture would lead to a net benefit initially of $118 million in Canadian dollars.
Academic text (2011) -
Mind you, that is in Canadian dollars.
Academic text (1997) -
Unless otherwise specified, all figures here are in Canadian dollars.
Academic text (2017) -
Its assets now exceed $1.3 billion Canadian dollars.
Academic text (1996) -
The Canadian dollar is worth about two-thirds of the American dollar.
Academic text (1999) -
All CPI values were adjusted to Canadian dollar terms.
Academic text (2005) -
More importantly, there are not enough Canadian dollars or Swiss francs to go around.
Blog text (4) -
VCHA has an annual budget of almost two billion Canadian dollars and has 27,000 employees.
Academic text (2004) -
The value of the Canadian dollar is an attractive incentive to international productions, and union-management relationships are very positive.
Academic text (1997)
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'Canadian' (of or relating to Canada) + 'dollar' (a unit of currency), so a B1 learner who knows both words will infer it denotes Canada’s currency. Adjective + currency noun combinations are cross-linguistically common and follow a predictable pattern, making this expression fully transparent.
Etymology
Canadian dollar comes from the country's name Canadian plus the word dollar, which simply means that country's money. One easy image is the one-dollar coin with a loon, called the 'loonie', so the term means the official money of Canada, worth 100 cents.