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dollar

The correct spelling is dollar.

How to pronounce dollar

/dɔlɚ/
noun

IPA: /dɔlɚ/

Say it like: Dol-lar

The correct spelling is dollar. Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.

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Definition

noun

  1. 1.Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.
  2. 2.(by extension) Money generally.
  3. 3.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.
  4. 4.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.)

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