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Complete Definition of "dollar"

Image:US Silvercert1.jpg|thumb|right|A one-dollar note (US), front and back.
English

Etymology
From G. thaler, ‘dollar’, from thal, ‘valley’, from coins called "Saint Joachim’s thaler", named from silver mined in the w:Saint Joachim Valley|Saint Joachim Valley in what is now the Czech Republic (former Joachimsthaler, Germany).

Pronunciation
(UK): IPA|/ˈdɒlə/, SAMPA|/"dQl@/
(US): AHD|dälʹər, IPA|/ˈdɑːlɚ/, SAMPA|/"dA:l@`/
:* rhymes|ɒlə(r)

Noun
en-noun

  1. Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, Australia, the United States, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.

Quotations
1990 October 28, w:Paul Simon|Paul Simon, “Born at the Right Time”, w:The Rhythm of the Saints|The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.

Derived terms
bet one’s bottom dollar
look like a million dollars
the sixty-four-thousand-dollar question
top dollar

Translations
trans-top|designation for specific currency
Arabic: ARchar|دولار (dōlār) m
Bosnian: dolar#Bosnian|dolar m
Chinese: 元 (yuán)
Croatian: dolar#Croatian|dolar m
Czech: dolar#Czech|dolar m
Dutch: #Dutch|dollar m
Finnish: dollari, taala (colloquial)
French: #French|dollar m
German: Dollar m
Greek: δολλάριο n, δολάριο n (dolário)
Hindi: डौलर
Italian: dollaro m
trans-mid
Japanese: ドル (doru)
Korean: 달러 (dalleo)
Lithuanian: doleris m
Polish: dolar#Polish|dolar m
Portuguese: dólar#Portuguese|dólar m
Russian: доллар (dóllar) m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: долар#Serbian|долар m
:Roman: dolar#Serbian|dolar m
Spanish: dólar#Spanish|dólar m
Tagalog: dolyar
Vietnamese: Đồng|đồng, Đô la|đô la, Đô-la|đô-la, Đồng Mỹ|đồng Mỹ (United States dollar)
trans-bottom

See also
cent
dale
mill
mille
vale
valley

Category:Currency


Dutch

Pronunciation
IPA|/dɔlɑr/

Noun
nl-noun2|m|s|tje

  1. #English|Dollar.

Related terms
daalder


French

Noun
fr-noun|m

  1. Dollar

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