How do you use the word "dollar" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "dollar" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "dollar": The bank will cash your fifty dollar check. I received a five hundred dollar advance on my pay.

Dollar Meaning

/ˈdɒl.ə/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

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

nounMoney generally.

Sentence Examples

The bank will cash your fifty dollar check.

I received a five hundred dollar advance on my pay.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

clam buck

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The price of a cup of coffee is just one ____ in this store.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The bank will cash your fifty ____ check.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *dalą Proto-West Germanic *dal Old High German tal Middle High German tal German Tal German Talerder. Middle Low German dālerbor. Dutch dalerbor. English dollar 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.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short." — 2013 June 1, “Towards the end of poverty”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 11:

"Yeah, but why? Lincoln doesn’t need the penny for notoriety. He’s everywhere. We put him on novelty bandages, cup-and-ball games, and creepy Chia Pets. And you know where else we put him? The five-dollar bill! You know, the thing that’s worth 500 times more than the penny!" — 2015 November 22, “Pennies”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 35, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:

"The value of the peso has plummeted 858% against the US dollar over the past five years as the central bank printed more of the currency to help the country’s spendthrift government avoid defaulting on its debts. […] There’s another significant snag in Milei’s plan: Argentina doesn’t have enough dollars to ditch the peso." — 2023 October 23, Anna Cooban, “Javier Milei wants Argentina to swap the peso for the US dollar. Here’s what that could mean”, in CNN Business:

"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." — 2002, Marcella Ridlen Ray, Changing and Unchanging Face of United States Civil Society:

"For there are two luxury imports that lead all the others: dollar films and dollar tobacco." — 1956, The Spectator, volume 197, page 342:

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