
Xem thêm: dollar bill, one dollar bill, buck, clam, dollar mark, dollar sign
dollar noun
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unit of money in a country change/convert sth into/to ~ I want to change 100 dollars into euros.
buy, sell ~ The bank will sell you one Russian rouble for 4.14 Japanese yen.
Many of the collocates of MONEY (for example make, spend) can also be used with currencies: The country spends millions of dollars on overseas aid every year.
50-, 100-, etc. ~ coin/note a pound coin
50-, 100-, etc. dollar bill for a ~ How many dinars will I get for a dollar?
in (the) ~ The contract is denominated in euros. a tax of 30p in the pound
~ for ~ The company promises to match any money the charity makes dollar for dollar.
~'s worth of sth a million pound's worth of books
value of a currency compared with others high, rising, strong ~ Business should benefit from a stronger euro.
falling, low, weak ~ The yen gained 10 points against a weak dollar.
over-valued ~ Research suggests that the pound is over-valued.
float ~ The UK floated sterling in June 1972.
devalue ~ The Fiji dollar may have to be devalued.
defend, prop up, protect, shore up, support ~ She dismissed suggestions that the central bank would intervene to prop up the euro.
~ be worth sth One Saudi Arabian riyal is worth approximately 0.27 US dollars.
~ strengthen The peso strengthened on the foreign exchanges.
~ come under pressure The pound came under pressure against the dollar.
~ close, open The pound closed yesterday at 1.4130 dollars.
~ be fixed/pegged to Many emerging countries have their currencies pegged to the dollar.
~ value The dollar value of the stock rose to $11.5 billion.
~ terms The rise in government spending was equivalent to only 9% in dollar terms.
~ exchange rate All prices are based on the South African rand exchange rate.
~ traveller's cheques sterling traveller's cheques
~ equivalent She was paid the dollar equivalent of £10 000.
against the ~ The yen has strengthened against the pound.
to the ~ How many dollars are there to the pound?
depreciation/devaluation/reflation of the ~ the devaluation of the peso in 1994
a run on the ~ The government increased interest rates to avoid a run on the rouble
(= sudden large buying of the currency). the value of the ~ a rise in the value of the euro
n.
the dollar coin has never been popular in the United States
he worships the almighty dollar
the dollar sign means little to him