dollar

Plural

dollars

1. 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 $.

   • I found a dollar in the street.

2. 2.Money generally.

   • Television, a favored source of news and information, pulls the largest share of advertising monies. In 1935, newspapers received 45 percent of the advertising dollar, magazines 8 percent, and radio 7 percent.

3. 3.A ringgit, a unit of currency in Malaysia.(colloquial)

   • I found a dollar in the street.

4. 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.(colloquial)

   • I found a dollar in the street.

Overall

Common· #797

By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Uncommon

General reading & writing

Common

Academic

Rare

Literature

Rare

Synonyms

• buck

Word family

• doll