| Dollar (dollar) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Dol"lar |
| [D. daalder, LG.
dahler, G. thaler, an abbreviation of
Joachimsthaler, i. e., a piece of money first coined, about
the year 1518, in the valley (G. thal) of St. Joachim,
in Bohemia. See Dale.] |
A silver coin of the United States containing 371.25 grains of
silver and 41.25 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of
412.5 grains.
A coin of the same general weight and
value, though differing slightly in different countries, current in
Mexico, Canada, parts of South America, also in Spain, and several
other European countries.
The value of a dollar; the unit commonly
employed in the United States in reckoning money values.
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