DOLLAR


Meaning of DOLLAR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈdä-lər ]

noun

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: Dutch or Low German daler, from German Taler, short for Joachimstaler, from Sankt Joachimsthal, Bohemia, where talers were first made

Date: 1553

1. : taler

2. : any of numerous coins patterned after the taler (as a Spanish peso)

3.

a. : any of various basic monetary units (as in the United States and Canada) — see money table

b. : a coin, note, or token representing one dollar

4. : ringgit

5. : money obtained from a specific source

the tourism dollar

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.