dollar
dol´lar
n. | 1. | 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. |
| 2. | A coin of the same general weight and value as the United States silver dollar, though differing slightly in different countries, formerly current in Mexico, Canada, parts of South America, also in Spain, and several other European countries. |
| 3. | The value of a dollar; the unit of currency, differing in value in different countries, commonly employed in the United States and a number of other countries, including Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, parts of the Carribbean, Liberia, and several others. |
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 specie dollar 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.
C,
C-note,
Deutschmark,
G,
G-note,
Mark,
Reichsmark,
afghani,
anna,
baht,
bawbee,
bill,
bone,
buck,
cartwheel,
cent,
centavo,
centime,
century,
conto,
copper,
crown,
dime,
dollar bill,
dong,
farthing,
fifty cents,
fin,
fish,
five cents,
five hundred dollars,
five-dollar bill,
five-hundred-dollar bill,
five-spot,
fiver,
florin,
four bits,
fourpence,
fourpenny,
franc,
frogskin,
grand,
groat,
guilder,
guinea,
gulden,
half G,
half a C,
half crown,
half dollar,
half grand,
halfpenny,
hundred-dollar bill,
iron man,
kip,
kopeck,
krona,
krone,
lira,
mag,
meg,
mill,
milreis,
mite,
monkey,
new pence,
nickel,
np,
p,
pence,
penny,
peseta,
pie,
piece of eight,
pistareen,
pony,
pound,
quarter,
quid,
rand,
red cent,
rial,
rock,
ruble,
rupee,
sawbuck,
shekel,
shilling,
silver dollar,
sixpence,
skin,
smacker,
sol,
sou,
stiver,
ten cents,
ten-spot,
tenner,
thousand dollars,
thousand-dollar bill,
threepence,
threepenny bit,
thrippence,
tuppence,
twenty-dollar bill,
twenty-five cents,
two bits,
two-dollar bill,
two-spot,
twopence,
won,
yard,
yen