trade dollar

noun

: a U.S. silver dollar weighing 420 grains .900 fine issued 1873–85 for use in east Asian trade

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

The state expects as much as $11.4 billion in cap-and-trade dollars through 2030, bringing the project’s total funding to less than a third of the expected cost. —Kurtis Alexander, SFChronicle.com, 12 Feb. 2020

In that sense, trading dollars for cryptocurrencies is like most forms of investing. —Alexander George, Popular Mechanics, 13 Mar. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1873, in the meaning defined above