dollar (noun)

  • 61british dollar — noun Usage: usually capitalized B : dollar 2d * * * any of several coins formerly issued by the British Empire for use in certain territories, as the Straits dollar or the Hong Kong dollar. * * * British dollar, = Hong Kong dollar. (Cf. ↑Hong… …

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  • 62British dollar — noun see dollar * * * any of several coins formerly issued by the British Empire for use in certain territories, as the Straits dollar or the Hong Kong dollar. * * * British dollar, = Hong Kong dollar. (Cf. ↑Hong Kong dollar) …

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  • 63trade dollar — noun : a dollar issued as a trade coin; especially : the United States silver dollar weighing 420 grains .900 fine issued 1873 85 for use in oriental trade * * * a silver coin of the U.S., containing slightly more silver than the standard dollar …

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  • 64holey dollar — noun : a Spanish piece of eight or dollar having a round hole in its center, bearing the denomination 5 shillings, and current in Australia 1813 29 called also colonial dollar, pierced dollar, ring dollar …

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  • 65Hong Kong dollar — noun the basic unit of money in Hong Kong • Hypernyms: ↑dollar * * * Hong Kong dollar «HONG KONG, HNG KNG», the monetary unit of Hong Kong; British dollar …

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  • 66one dollar bill — noun a piece of paper money worth one dollar • Syn: ↑dollar, ↑dollar bill, ↑buck, ↑clam • Regions: ↑United States, ↑United States of America, ↑America, ↑the …

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  • 67half-dollar — ˈ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a coin representing one half of a dollar a United States or Canadian half dollar 2. : the sum of fifty cents or one half of a dollar …

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  • 68levant dollar — noun Usage: usually capitalized L Etymology: so called from its wide circulation in the Levant : maria theresa dollar * * * a silver coin, either a Maria Theresa thaler or an imitation of one, formerly used for trade with Abyssinia, Eritrea, Aden …

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  • 69bottom\ dollar — noun v. phr. informal One s last penny, one s last dollar. He was down to his bottom dollar when he suddenly got the job offer …

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  • 70Canadian dollar — noun the basic unit of money in Canada the Canadian dollar has the image of loon on one side of the coin • Syn: ↑loonie • Hypernyms: ↑dollar …

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