From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
dollar \dol"lar\, n. [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}.]
1.
(a) 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.
(b) A gold coin of the United States containing 23.22
grains of gold and 2.58 grains of alloy, that is,
having a total weight of 25.8 grains, nine-tenths
fine. It is no longer coined.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Previous to 1837 the silver dollar had a larger amount
of alloy, but only the same amount of silver as now,
the total weight being 416 grains. The gold dollar as a
distinct coin was first made in 1849. The eagles, half
eagles, and quarter eagles coined before 1834 contained
24.75 grains of gold and 2.25 grains of alloy for each
dollar.
[1913 Webster]
2. A coin of the same general weight and value as the United
States silver dollar, though differing slightly in
different countries, formerly current in Mexico, Canada,
parts of South America, also in Spain, and several other
European countries.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
3. The value of a dollar; the unit of currency, differing in
value in different countries, commonly employed in the
United States and a number of other countries, including
Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, parts of the Carribbean,
Liberia, and several others.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
{Chop dollar}. See under 9th {Chop}.
{Dollar fish} (Zool.), a fish of the United States coast
({Stromateus triacanthus}), having a flat, roundish form
and a bright silvery luster; -- called also {butterfish},
and {Lafayette}. See {Butterfish}.
{Trade dollar}, a silver coin formerly made at the United
States mint, intended for export, and not legal tender at
home. It contained 378 grains of silver and 42 grains of
alloy.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dollar
n 1: the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100
cents
2: a piece of paper money worth one dollar [syn: {dollar},
{dollar bill}, {one dollar bill}, {buck}, {clam}]
3: a United States coin worth one dollar; "the dollar coin has
never been popular in the United States"
4: a symbol of commercialism or greed; "he worships the almighty
dollar"; "the dollar sign means little to him" [syn:
{dollar}, {dollar mark}, {dollar sign}]
From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]:
dollar /dɔlaʀ/
dollar
From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]:
Dollar /dɔlr/
buck; dollar
From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]:
dollar /dɔlɑr/
dollar
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