dollar
Pronunciation: /ˈdɒl.ə/
The English word “dollar” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
- 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 $.
- Money generally.
- A ringgit, a unit of currency in Malaysia.
- 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.
- 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.)
- A unit of reactivity equal to the interval between delayed criticality and prompt criticality.
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