Dōl'lar, n.
[Dan. & Sw. daler, D. daalder, L. Ger. dahler, H. Ger. thaler, an abbreviation of Joachimsthaler, i. e., a piece of money first coined, about the year 1518, in the valley of St. Joachim, in Bohemia.]
Sense 1. A silver coin of the United States, weighing about 417 grains, and equivalent to about four shillings and two pence sterling. It is equal to 100 cents, 10 dimes, or 1/10 of an eagle.
Sense 2. A coin of the same general weight and value, though differing slightly in different countries, current in Mexico, parts of South America, Spain, and several other European states.
Sense 3. The value of a dollar; the unit commonly employed in the United States in reckoning money values.