dollar

n 1: the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100

cents

2: (United States) a piece of paper money worth one dollar

[syn: {dollar bill}, {one dollar bill}, {buck}, {clam}]

3: a US 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" or "the dollar sign means little to him"

[syn: {dollar mark}, {dollar sign}]

dollar

$

Common: {ITU-T}: dollar sign. Rare: currency symbol;

buck; cash; string (from BASIC); escape (when used as the echo

of ASCII ESC); ding; cache; {INTERCAL}: big money.

(1995-03-06)