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Meaning of dollar bill

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

dollar

Pronunciation:/dɔlɚ//ˈdɒlə//ˈdɑlɚ/

noun

Definitions

  1. Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.

  2. (by extension) Money generally.

  3. A quarter of a pound or one crown, historically minted as a coin of approximately the same size and composition as a then-contemporary dollar coin of the United States, and worth slightly more.

  4. Imported from the United States, and paid for in U.S. dollars. (Note: distinguish "dollar wheat", North American farmers' slogan, meaning a market price of one dollar per bushel.)