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dollar

Pronunciation: /ˈdɒl.ə/

The English word “dollar” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.
  2. Money generally.
  3. A ringgit, a unit of currency in Malaysia.
  4. A quarter of a pound or one crown, historically minted as a coin of approximately the same size and composition as a then-contemporary dollar coin of the United States, and worth slightly more.
  5. Imported from the United States, and paid for in U.S. dollars. (Note: distinguish "dollar wheat", North American farmers' slogan, meaning a market price of one dollar per bushel.)
  6. A unit of reactivity equal to the interval between delayed criticality and prompt criticality.
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