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dollar

Transitive Verb[C] Countable
pl: dollars

This term carries a heavy association with global economic power and commercialism. In many contexts, it functions as a symbol for wealth, capitalism, or the pursuit of profit rather than just a piece of currency. It evokes a sense of standard value and financial transaction. When used in a broader social sense, it often represents the tension between monetary gain and moral or artistic value. The image is one of precise accounting and the quantifiable nature of success in a market-driven society.

Countable when referring to individual bills or specific units of currency (two dollars).

Meanings

Noun

A unit of currency used in the United States, Canada, Australia, and other countries.

"The coffee costs five dollars."

Transitive Verb
[something]

To express a value or price in dollars.

"The property was dollared at half a million."

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