Zimbabwean dollar
- noun
- /zɪmˈbɑːbweɪən ˈdɑːlər/
:
dólar zimbabuense
- I exchanged my US dollars for Zimbabwean dollars.
Examples
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An apple cost three million Zimbabwean dollars at the green market outside of Mutare.
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He exchanged his U.S. dollars for Zimbabwean dollars at the airport.
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The government introduced a new Zimbabwean dollar denomination to combat hyperinflation.
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The price of bread soared to a million Zimbabwean dollars during the peak of inflation.
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The Zimbabwean dollar has experienced significant inflation.
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Before the crunch, a beer at a bar in Harare, the capital, cost 15 billion Zimbabwean dollars.
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It now costs 234,000 Zimbabwean dollars to spay a dog.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the basic unit of currency in Zimbabwe' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'Zimbabwean' (of or from Zimbabwe) with 'dollar' (a monetary unit). This country-adjective + currency-noun composition is a common, productive pattern across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Zimbabwean dollar is a name for the country's money: Zimbabwean shows it belongs to Zimbabwe and dollar is the unit of money many countries use. So it means 'the basic unit of currency in Zimbabwe'.
