Definitions
a symbol of commercialism or greed
Word origin
Attested since the mid-16th century, from early Dutch daler, daalder, from German Taler, Thaler (“dollar”), earlier Joachimsthaler, literally “of Joachimstal”, the town where the original dollars were minted. The name means “(Saint) Joachim's valley”, from Joachim + Tal. Possibly reinforced by the Dutch leeuwendaalder, which was also used in the American colonies. Doublet of taler /thaler and tolar.
Used in a sentence
“Television, a favored source of news and information, pulls the largest share of advertising monies. In 1935, newspapers received 45 percent of the advertising dollar, magazines 8 percent, and radio 7 percent.”
“The restricted purchase of dollar tobacco will, we hope, have the effect of increasing the imports of Turkish and Grecian tobacco”
“For there are two luxury imports that lead all the others: dollar films and dollar tobacco.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer12 curated clues
01“Currency of Australia”6 letters
02“Currency of Barbados”6 letters
03“Currency of Belize”6 letters
04“Currency of Brunei”6 letters
05“Currency of Canada”6 letters
06“Currency of Dominica”6 letters
07“Currency of Ecuador”6 letters
08“Currency of El Salvador”6 letters
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