dollar (noun)
1dollar — ► NOUN ▪ the basic monetary unit of the US, Canada, Australia, and certain countries in the Pacific, Caribbean, SE Asia, Africa, and South America. ORIGIN German Thaler, short for Joachimsthaler, a coin from the silver mine of Joachimsthal (… …
2dollar — dol‧lar [ˈdɒlə ǁ ˈdɑːlər] written abbreviation dol. noun [countable] 1. FINANCE the name of the currency unit used in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, and some other countries. The symbol for the dollar is $: •… …
3dollar mark — noun 1. a symbol of commercialism or greed he worships the almighty dollar the dollar sign means little to him • Syn: ↑dollar, ↑dollar sign • Hypernyms: ↑symbol 2. a mark ($) written before a number to indicate that it stands for th …
4dollar sign — noun 1. a symbol of commercialism or greed (Freq. 1) he worships the almighty dollar the dollar sign means little to him • Syn: ↑dollar, ↑dollar mark • Hypernyms: ↑symbol 2 …
5dollar area — ➔ area * * * dollar area UK US noun [C] ECONOMICS ► the group of countries in which the US dollar is the main trading currency or whose own currencies are directly connected to the value of the US dollar: »The US dollar area represents a huge… …
6dollar gap — noun also dollar shortage : the amount of additional dollar receipts required by a country to equal dollar payments that must be made for imports from dollar nations or to meet other obligations …
7dollar-cost averaging — ˌdollar cost ˈaveraging noun [uncountable] FINANCE when a small amount of money is invested in the same stock over a period of time: • If the stock market continues to rise over the long term, dollar cost averaging almost guarantees investment… …
8dollar — noun (C) 1 the standard unit of money in the US, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong and other countries, for which the sign is $: This book costs ten dollars. 2 a piece of paper or coin worth this amount of money 3 the dollar the value of US money in… …
9dollar sign — (also dollar mark) ► NOUN ▪ the sign $, representing a dollar …
10dollar bill — noun a piece of paper money worth one dollar (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑dollar, ↑one dollar bill, ↑buck, ↑clam • Regions: ↑United States, ↑United States of America, ↑ …
