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dollar

dol·lar [ dóllər ] (plural dol·lars)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. common unit of currency: a unit of currency used in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and several other countries

2. dollar bill: a bill worth one dollar

3. U.K. former five-shilling coin: a former British coin worth five shillings ( informal )

[Mid-16th century. Via early Flemish daler or Low German< German Taler, shortening of Joachimst(h)aler, after the silver mine of Joachimsthal, now Jáchymov, Czech Republic]

like a million dollars extremely well, good-looking, or happy (informal)
You look like a million dollars!


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