dollar
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈdɑːlər/
- Someone please give me a dollar so I can go home.
- one dollar
- a dollar bill
- a hundred-dollar bill
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Examples
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So this, this here is a silver dollar, OK?
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Get your first month for a dollar when you sign up with this link.
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So I think for a dollar, this is a great investment.
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You gotta have a thousand dollars to rent a car without a credit card, Pete.
Fiction book (1990) -
The affected residents filed a suit seeking ten million dollars in damages from the state.
Academic text (1990) -
All they found was 20 dollars and a pair of Adidas.
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That's a dollar for you, counting yesterday.
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The driver smiles back, turning her dollar into coins, lingering a little over her hand.
Fiction book (1990) -
Fifty dollars.
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I need to save a dollar to buy my favorite snack.
Synonyms
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2.6
A US one dollar bill or coin
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1.0
A piece of paper money worth one US dollar
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5.2
A paper U.S. dollar bill used as money
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3.7
A coin worth one dollar made of silver often kept by collectors
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9.6
An informal US word for one dollar
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1.0
A piece of paper money worth one dollar that you use to pay for things
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1.0
The unit of money used in the United States, equal to 100 cents
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1.3
The official money of Canada equal to 100 cents
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1.0
The official money of Australia and Nauru
The money used in Bermuda that is equal to 100 cents
Money used in Fiji that has one hundred cents
Idioms
- Informal
To risk all your money because you are sure something will happen
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.9
The total amount of money from sales or trades in US dollars over a period
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7.0
A US one dollar coin with Susan B Anthony's picture made from 1979 to 1981 and in 1999
- Neologism
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6.8
Digital money issued by the Central Bank of The Bahamas and used as legal money in the Bahamas
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How Much
- Informal
- Informal
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3.2
- Archaic
1
3.6
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- US
22
2.1
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Dollar as a coin or bill keeps the old name thaler, named for a 'valley' where those famous coins were made, and over time any single coin or paper worth one unit came to be called a dollar. So a dollar now means one piece of that money, whether paper or coin.