1. The basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents
   "He paid five dollars for the book"
    
2. A piece of paper money worth one dollar
   "He pulled a crumpled dollar bill from his jeans pocket"; "She smoothed out the crumpled one dollar bill before inserting it into the vending machine";
   - dollar bill, one dollar bill, buck [informal], clam [US, informal], single [US, informal]
    
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"; "he worships the almighty dollar mark";
   - dollar mark, dollar sign

Sounds like: doles, dollsr, dolour, dolo

Derived forms: dollars

Type of: bank bill, bank note, banker's bill [N. Amer], banknote, bill [N. Amer], coin, Federal Reserve note [US], government note [US], greenback [US, informal], monetary unit, note, symbol

Encyclopedia: Dollar, Peter