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.
A gold coin of the United States containing 23.22 grains of gold and 2.58 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 25.8 grains, nine-tenths fine. It is no longer coined.
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.
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.
1 Hong Kong dollar (HK$1.00) = US$0.13
A large, silver coin worth eight Spanish reales. See also Pieces of Eight.
English name for German thaler, a large silver coin of varying value, current in the German states from the 16th century; equal to three marks
a piece of paper money worth one dollar
a United States coin worth one dollar; "the dollar coin has never been popular in the United States"
a long way but worth the wait
In international finance "the dollar" is always the US dollar. All other "dollar" currencies should be described specifically; eg. Australian dollar, New Zealand dollar.
The standard unit of currency used in the following countries
The Dollar is one form of denomination used here in Australia, as well as in other countries. Australia's other denomination is the cent. In Australia, 100 cents = 1 dollar. The symbol for the dollar is $. Although other countries such as the USA, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore and Hong Kong all use the dollar, these cannot be exchanged with one another without currency exchange.
A dollar is worth 100 cents.
The standard monetary unit of a number of developed and developing countries (i.e. Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Canada, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Fiji, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Kiribati, Liberia, Micronesia, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Singapore, Salomon Islands, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, United States of American, the "US Virgin Islands, and Zimbabwe.
The U.S. coin valued at 100 cents, introduced in 1793.
A denomination consisting of one hundred cents authorized by the Mint Act of 1792. This is the anglicized spelling of the European Thaler and was used because of the worldwide acceptance of the Thaler and the Spanish Milled dollar (or piece-of-eight).
Currency that is worth 100 cents. You will see the symbol "$" when working with dollars.
The dollar (represented by the dollar sign: "$" which comprises a single vertical line through a capital S) is the name of the official currency in several countries, dependencies and other regions.
Dollar coins have been minted in the United States in gold, silver, and base metal versions. Silver dollars, the first dollar coin issue, were minted beginning in 1794.