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Definition of dollar diplomacy
1 : diplomacy used by a country to promote its financial or commercial interests abroad
2 : diplomacy that seeks to strengthen the power of a country or effect its purposes in foreign relations by the use of its financial resources
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The first known use of dollar diplomacy was in 1910
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