'dollar' definitions:
Definition of 'dollar'
From: WordNet
noun
The basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents
noun
noun
A United States coin worth one dollar; "the dollar coin has never been popular in the United States"
noun
A symbol of commercialism or greed; "he worships the almighty dollar"; "the dollar sign means little to him" [syn: dollar, dollar mark, dollar sign]
Definition of 'dollar'
From: GCIDE
- dollar \dol"lar\, n. [D. daalder, LG. dahler, G. thaler, an abbreviation of Joachimsthaler, i. e., a piece of money first coined, about the year 1518, in the valley (G. thal) of St. Joachim, in Bohemia. See Dale.] 1. (a) A silver coin of the United States containing 371.25 grains of silver and 41.25 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 412.5 grains. (b) A gold coin of the United States containing 23.22 grains of gold and 2.58 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 25.8 grains, nine-tenths fine. It is no longer coined. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Previous to 1837 the silver dollar had a larger amount of alloy, but only the same amount of silver as now, the total weight being 416 grains. The gold dollar as a distinct coin was first made in 1849. The eagles, half eagles, and quarter eagles coined before 1834 contained 24.75 grains of gold and 2.25 grains of alloy for each dollar. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A coin of the same general weight and value as the United States silver dollar, though differing slightly in different countries, formerly current in Mexico, Canada, parts of South America, also in Spain, and several other European countries. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 3. The value of a dollar; the unit of currency, differing in value in different countries, commonly employed in the United States and a number of other countries, including Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, parts of the Carribbean, Liberia, and several others. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- Chop dollar. See under 9th Chop.
- Dollar fish (Zool.), a fish of the United States coast (Stromateus triacanthus), having a flat, roundish form and a bright silvery luster; -- called also butterfish, and Lafayette. See Butterfish.
- Trade dollar, a silver coin formerly made at the United States mint, intended for export, and not legal tender at home. It contained 378 grains of silver and 42 grains of alloy.
Synonyms of 'dollar'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afghani,
- anna,
- baht,
- bawbee,
- bill,
- bone,
- buck,
- C,
- C-note,
- cartwheel,
- cent,
- centavo,
- centime,
- century,
- conto,
- copper,
- crown,
- Deutschmark,
- dime,
- dollar bill,
- dong,
- farthing,
- fifty cents,
- fin,
- fish,
- five cents,
- five hundred dollars,
- five-dollar bill,
- five-hundred-dollar bill,
- five-spot,
- fiver,
- florin,
- four bits,
- fourpence,
- fourpenny,
- franc,
- frogskin,
- G,
- G-note,
- grand,
- groat,
- guilder,
- guinea,
- gulden,
- half a C,
- half crown,
- half dollar,
- half G,
- half grand,
- halfpenny,
- hundred-dollar bill,
- iron man,
- kip,
- kopeck,
- krona,
- krone,
- lira,
- mag,
- Mark,
- meg,
- mill,
- milreis,
- mite,
- monkey,
- new pence,
- nickel,
- np,
- p,
- pence,
- penny,
- peseta,
- pie,
- piece of eight,
- pistareen,
- pony,
- pound,
- quarter,
- quid,
- rand,
- red cent,
- Reichsmark,
- rial,
- rock,
- ruble,
- rupee,
- sawbuck,
- shekel,
- shilling,
- silver dollar,
- sixpence,
- skin,
- smacker,
- sol,
- sou,
- stiver,
- ten cents,
- ten-spot,
- tenner,
- thousand dollars,
- thousand-dollar bill,
- threepence,
- threepenny bit,
- thrippence,
- tuppence,
- twenty-dollar bill,
- twenty-five cents,
- two bits,
- two-dollar bill,
- two-spot,
- twopence,
- won,
- yard,
- yen
Words containing 'dollar'
- Chop dollar,
- Dollar Corner,
- Dollar Point,
- Dollar fish,
- Sand dollar,
- Trade dollar,
- australian dollar,
- bahamian dollar,
- barbados dollar,
- belize dollar,
- bermuda dollar,
- bottom dollar,
- brunei dollar,
- canadian dollar,
- dollar bill,
- dollar diplomacy,
- dollar mark,
- dollar sign,
- dollar volume,
- dominican dollar,
- fiji dollar,
- grenada dollar,
- guyana dollar,
- half dollar,
- jamaican dollar,
- kiribati dollar,
- liberian dollar,
- silver dollar,
- singapore dollar,
- taiwan dollar,
- tuvalu dollar,
- zimbabwean dollar,
- Dollar Corner, WA,
- Dollar Point, CA,
- Rix-dollar,
- cayman islands dollar,
- fifty dollar bill,
- five dollar bill,
- hong kong dollar,
- hundred dollar bill,
- new zealand dollar,
- one dollar bill,
- ten dollar bill,
- trinidad and tobago dollar,
- turn a nice dollar,
- twenty dollar bill,
- two dollar bill,
- united states dollar,
- billion-dollar grass,
- feel like a million dollars,
- susan b anthony dollar