the dollar
noun
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: the value of a dollar when it is compared to another unit of money
The dollar dropped sharply against the pound.
the strength/weakness of the dollar
The dollar is worth more in Mexico.
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Another 90s icon, JC Penney, sold $500 million of its century bonds in 1997, only for those bonds to sell for pennies on the dollar 23 years later, when the retailer filed for bankruptcy.
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Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
Indeed, any jitters in China are only playing into wider questions about whether investors should be hedging themselves against headwinds to the dollar.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
By making interest earnings in our country greater, higher interest rates might also reverse the fall in the value of the dollar relative to other currencies.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2026
The decline in the dollar does deliver some benefits, however.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2026
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Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
Indeed, any jitters in China are only playing into wider questions about whether investors should be hedging themselves against headwinds to the dollar.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
By making interest earnings in our country greater, higher interest rates might also reverse the fall in the value of the dollar relative to other currencies.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2026
The decline in the dollar does deliver some benefits, however.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for the dollar
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“The dollar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20dollar. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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