dollar

Speech parts

1. dollar - Noun

2. Dollar - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

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.

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.

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

buck bill greenback dough clam dollar bill dollar sign dollar mark one dollar bill coco grand penny pfennig money capital
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Antonyms

debt poverty obligation liability arrears small change
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Hypernyms

bill greenback note coin symbol banknote

Hyponyms

Australian dollar silver dollar Canadian dollar cartwheel New Zealand dollar Hong Kong dollar

Phrases with the word

multimillion-dollar multibillion-dollar that and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee two dollar bill see dollar signs as genuine as a three-dollar bill

Examples

America is the country where you buy a lifetime supply of aspirin for one dollar and use it up in two weeks. John Barrymore

I, Joan Crawford, I believe in the dollar. Everything I earn, I spend. Joan Crawford

Remember that government doesn't earn one single dollar it spends. In order for you to get money from the government, that money must first be taken from somebody else. Jesse Ventura

If you know what a dollar is worth, try to borrow it. Portuguese Proverb

Stand up, cent, let the dollar sit down. American Proverb

The unrighteous penny consumes the righteous dollar. German Proverb

Close letter words and terms

doll's house doll-less dolla dollar amounts dollar auction dollar bill