Толковый словарь английского языка - dollar

noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Dutch or Low German daler, from German Taler, short for Joachimstaler, from Sankt Joachimsthal, Bohemia, where talers were first made Date: 1553 taler, any of numerous coins patterned after the taler (as a Spanish peso), 3. any of various basic monetary units (as in the United States and Canada), a coin, note, or token representing one ~, ringgit, money obtained from a specific source