ˈdälə(r) noun
( -s )
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: alteration of earlier daler, from Dutch or Low German, from German taler, short for joachimstaler, from Sankt Joachimsthal (Jáchymov), town in northwestern Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, where the first talers were made
1. : an old German taler coin
2. : any one of a number of coins of various countries patterned after the taler: as
a. : a Spanish or Spanish-American peso or piece of eight
b. : any of several coins issued in the United States (as a silver coin issued 1794-1935, after 1837 weighing 412.5 grains or 26.730 grams of silver .900 fine, and a gold coin issued 1849-89, weighing 25.8 grains or 1.6718 grams of gold .900 fine) — see trade dollar
c. : a silver coin of Canada issued since 1935 chiefly for commemorative purposes
d. : any of several British coins issued for use in certain territories of the Commonwealth (as a silver coin for Hong Kong issued 1866-68 and a silver coin issued at intervals between 1903 and 1926 for the Straits Settlements) — called also British dollar
3.
a. : the basic monetary unit of the United States serving as a medium, standard, or basis of foreign exchange
provided the dollars required as credit to finance reconstruction in war-devastated areas
a loan to enable a country to pay in dollars for additional imports from the U.S.
the area of American minor satellites and its accompanying dollar bloc would have to be indicated — O.S.Knauth
b. : any of various basic monetary units — see money table
4.
a. : a currency bill representing one dollar
b. : a token representing one dollar
5. : peso
6. : yuan
7. slang Britain : crown 8a (3)
8. : the commercial interests of the United States in trade in foreign countries
whether the flag will follow the dollar