Definitions for dollar
ˈdɒl ərdol·lar

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. dollar(noun)

   the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents

2. dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, buck, clam(noun)

   a piece of paper money worth one dollar

3. dollar(noun)

   a United States coin worth one dollar

   "the dollar coin has never been popular in the United States"

4. dollar, dollar mark, dollar sign(noun)

   a symbol of commercialism or greed

   "he worships the almighty dollar"; "the dollar sign means little to him"

GCIDE(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. dollar(n.)

   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.

2. dollar(n.)

   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.

Origin: [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.]

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Dollar(noun)

   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

2. Dollar(noun)

   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

3. Dollar(noun)

   a coin of the same general weight and value, though differing slightly in different countries, current in Mexico, Canada, parts of South America, also in Spain, and several other European countries

4. Dollar(noun)

   the value of a dollar; the unit commonly employed in the United States in reckoning money values

Origin: [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.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Dollar

   The dollar is the name of the official currency or a banknote of many countries, territories and dependencies, including Australia, Belize, Canada, Hong Kong, Namibia, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, Zimbabwe, Brunei and the United States. Generally, one dollar is equal to 100 cents.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Dollar

   dol′ar, n. a silver coin (= 100 cents) of U.S.A., Mexico, Singapore, &c. The U.S.A. dollar = about 4s. 2d. sterling.—adjs. Doll′ared; Doll′arless.—ns. Dollaroc′racy; Doll′arship. [Ger., short for Joachimsthaler, because first coined at the silver mines in Joachimsthal (Joachim's dale) in Bohemia—Low Ger. daler, Sw., Dan. daler.]

The Roycroft Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. dollar

   A disk of metal which has eucharistic qualities; a sacred, miraculous object, contact with which is looked upon as curative and prophylactic.

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Etymology and Origins(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Dollar

   From the German Thaler, originally Joachims-Thaler, the silver out of which this coin was struck having been found in the Thal or Valley of St Joachim in Bohemia.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'dollar' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4480

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'dollar' in Nouns Frequency: #1189

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dollar in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dollar in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of dollar in a Sentence

1. Carsten Fritsch:

   It's the weaker dollar.

2. Norman Levine:

   This is all U.S. dollar related.

3. John Ciardi:

   A dollar saved is a quarter earned.

4. Mark Kantrowitz:

   But most will reduce aid dollar for dollar.

5. Howard Bauchner:

   There is competition for the health dollar.

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