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dollarization

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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noun

Meaning 1

The process of a country, officially, or its residents, unofficially, adopting the US dollar or other foreign currency in parallel to or instead of the domestic currency.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: economics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: dedollarization

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *dalą Proto-West Germanic *dal Old High German tal Middle High German tal German Tal German Talerder. Middle Low German dālerbor. Dutch dalerbor. English dollar Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English dollarize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English dollarization From dollarize + -ation.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: دَوْلَرَة (dawlara) — the process of a country adopting the US dollar as its primary currency
  • Catalan: dolarització — the process of a country adopting the US dollar as its primary currency
  • Chinese Mandarin: 美元化 (měiyuánhuà) — the process of a country adopting the US dollar as its primary currency
  • Finnish: dollarisaatio — the process of a country adopting the US dollar as its primary currency
  • Finnish: dollariin siirtyminen — the process of a country adopting the US dollar as its primary currency
  • French: dollarisation — the process of a country adopting the US dollar as its primary currency
  • Galician: dolarización — the process of a country adopting the US dollar as its primary currency
  • German: Dollarisierung — the process of a country adopting the US dollar as its primary currency
  • Polish: dolaryzacja — the process of a country adopting the US dollar as its primary currency
  • Portuguese: dolarização — the process of a country adopting the US dollar as its primary currency
  • Spanish: dolarización — the process of a country adopting the US dollar as its primary currency
  • Swedish: dollarisering — the process of a country adopting the US dollar as its primary currency
  • Vietnamese: đô la hoá — the process of a country adopting the US dollar as its primary currency