dollar English · revision 2255

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈdɑ.lɚ/; /ˈdɒl.ə/, /ˈdɔː.lə/ ''(UK)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|nds|daler]],^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) from German ''Taler'' (later ''Thaler''),^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Etymonline) short for ''Joachimstaler'',^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) a coin first minted in 1519 from the silver of a mine at Joachimsthal (now Jáchymov) in Bohemia.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) German ''Tal'' “valley” is cognate with English ''dale''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The English name for the German thaler, a large silver coin of varying value (1553).^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) The spelling ''dollar'' had replaced ''daler'' by 1600.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ By 1581 English used the word for the Spanish peso or piece of eight,^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) the coin most familiar in the American colonies.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1995) On Thomas Jefferson's suggestion the Continental Congress adopted the dollar as the unit of the United States currency;^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) Barnhart dates this to 1785 and Etymonline to 1786.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) The OED records the American sense from 1782.^(OED 1989) The name has since been taken up by many other countries.^(AHD)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1553 – the German thaler.^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1581 – the Spanish peso or piece of eight.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1782 – the standard unit of United States currency.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1882 – various foreign coins of similar value.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The basic monetary unit of the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and many other countries, equal to 100 cents.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A coin or note worth one dollar.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

+ # Money obtained from a particular source.^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(historical)'' The thaler, or a coin modelled on it such as the Spanish peso.^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[thaler]]

+ * [[dale]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}