Dollar

dol′ar, n. a silver coin (= 100 cents) of U.S.A., Mexico, Singapore, . The U.S.A. dollar = about 4s. 2d. sterling.— adjs. Doll′ared ; Doll′arle .— ns. Dollaroc′racy ; Doll′arship . [Ger., short for Joachimsthaler , because first coined at the silver mines in Joachimsthal (Joachim's dale) in Bohemia—Low Ger. daler , Sw., Dan. daler .]