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Dollar - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Dollar : (noun)
1: the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100
cents
2: a piece of paper money worth one dollar [syn: dollar bill,
one dollar bill, buck, clam]
3: a United States coin worth one dollar; "the dollar coin has
never been popular in the United States"
4: a symbol of commercialism or greed; "he worships the
almighty dollar"; "the dollar sign means little to him"
[syn: dollar mark, dollar sign]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Dollar : \Dol"lar\, n. [D. daalder, LG. dahler, G. thaler, an
abbreviation of Joachimsthaler, i. e., a piece of money first
coined, about the year 1518, in the valley (G. thal) of St.
Joachim, in Bohemia. See Dale.]
1.
(a) 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.
(b) 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.
Note: Previous to 1837 the silver dollar had a larger amount
of alloy, but only the same amount of silver as now,
the total weight being 416 grains. The gold dollar as a
distinct coin was first made in 1849. The eagles, half
eagles, and quarter eagles coined before 1834 contained
24.75 grains of gold and 2.25 grains of alloy for each
dollar.
2. 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.
3. The value of a dollar; the unit commonly employed in the
United States in reckoning money values.
Chop dollar. See under 9th Chop.
Dollar fish (Zo["o]l.), a fish of the United States coast
({Stromateus triacanthus), having a flat, roundish form
and a bright silvery luster; -- called also butterfish,
and Lafayette. See Butterfish.
Trade dollar, a silver coin formerly made at the United
States mint, intended for export, and not legal tender at
home. It contained 378 grains of silver and 42 grains of
alloy.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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DOLLAR, money. A silver coin of the United States of the value of one
hundred cents, or tenth part of an eagle.
2. It weighs four hundred and twelve and a half grains. Of one thousand
parts, nine hundred are of pure silver and one hundred of alloy. Act of
January 18, 1837, ss. 8 & 9, 4 Sharsw. Cont. of Story's L. U. S. 2523, 4;
Wright, R. 162.
3. In all computations at the custom-house, the specieDollar : of Sweden
and Norway shall be estimated at one hundred and six cents. The specie
dollar of Denmark, at one hundred and five cents. Act of May 22, 1846.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Dollar :
$
Common: ITU-T: dollar sign. Rare: currency symbol;
buck; cash; string (from BASIC); escape (when used as the echo
of ASCII ESC); ding; cache; INTERCAL: big money.
(1995-03-06)
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Example Usage of Dollar |
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EY6: Gold tumbles to lowest in more than a month as Dollar gains Citigroup, Fannie Mae Suspend Foreclosures ... Axelrod: Left 'insane' to sin... |
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MikeGaukin: If the Dollar crash's it will implode the worlds economy. The question arises what will gold really be worth? |
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zachereus: Gettin myself a 5 Dollar foot long |
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