dollar
589
1.0
- noun
- /ˈdɑːlər/
:
billete de un dólar
- Someone please give me a dollar so I can go home.
- one dollar
- a dollar bill
- a hundred-dollar bill
We did not pull out a dollar note.
- We did not pull out a dollar note.
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
∞
2.6
A US one dollar bill or coin
72
1.0
A piece of paper money worth one US dollar
19
9.6
An informal US word for one dollar
15
5.2
A paper U.S. dollar bill used as money
9
3.7
A coin worth one dollar made of silver often kept by collectors
4
1.0
A piece of paper money worth one dollar that you use to pay for things
4
1.3
The official money of Canada equal to 100 cents
2
1.0
The official money of Australia and Nauru
1
1.0
The unit of money used in the United States, equal to 100 cents
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
1
3.9
The total amount of money from sales or trades in US dollars over a period
A rough annual grass grown for edible seeds, animal feed, and wildlife food
- Neologism
Digital money issued by the Central Bank of The Bahamas and used as legal money in the Bahamas
A US one dollar coin with Susan B Anthony's picture made from 1979 to 1981 and in 1999
How Much
- Informal
- Informal
56
3.2
- Archaic
1
6.8
1
3.6
26
1.0
- US
17
2.1
589
1.0
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.