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dollar
noun
    1. (symbol $) the standard unit of currency in the US, Canada, Australia and numerous other countries, divided into 100 cents.
      Thesaurus: greenback, currency, bank note, buck (US slang), smacker (slang).
Etymology: 18c: originally 16c name for a German Thaler: short for Joachimsthaler, the name of silver coins from Joachimsthal in Bohemia.



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