dollar

«dollar» in Mova's school dictionary: a unit of money used in the United States, Canada… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (dollar, dollars)

meaning for a pupil

1) A dollar is a unit of money used in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and some other countries. A dollar is 100 cents. tree →

2) A dollar is a coin or note worth one dollar. tree →

sense in the lessons

the unit of money: prices, savings, spending, earning; «spent» takes away, «earned» adds; the sign is $; phrases: «a dollar», «N dollars each», «a dollar an hour», «dollar bill», «$5»

examples

• A book costs 6 dollars. tree →
• She had 20 dollars and spent 8. tree →
• He earns 5 dollars an hour. tree →
• How many dollars did they spend in all? tree →
• A dollar is 100 cents. tree →
• I found a dollar coin in my pocket. tree →
• The tickets cost $4 each. tree →
• She saved 2 dollars a week for 10 weeks. tree →

note

«A dollar is 100 cents.» A unit of money, not a thing counted. «spent» takes away, «earned» adds; «each costs N dollars» is a rate (price). Trap: «$» before a number means dollars too: $5 is said «five dollars». Write «$5», not «5$».

In the corpora

• That night she opens her banking app and groans: "The app says we've spent eighty dollars on takeaways this month."
• A dollar is 100 cents.
• A game costs 36 dollars; saving 4 dollars a week, it takes 36 ÷ 4 = 9 weeks.
• 1 metre is 100 centimetres, and 1 dollar is 100 cents.
• Money works the same way: 4 dollars 60 cents is 400 + 60 = 460 cents.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dollar» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.