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Encyclopedia: United States dollar

For other uses, see USD (disambiguation).

The dollar (currency code USD and 840) is the unit of currency of the United States. It is normally abbreviated as the dollar sign, $, or as US $ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies and from others that use the $ symbol. The U.S. dollar is divided into 100 cents.

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How to say "United States dollar" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	美元
	(Japanese)	アメリカ合衆国ドル
	(German)	US-Dollar
	(Spanish)	Dólar estadounidense
	(French)	Dollar US
	(Italian)	Dollaro statunitense

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Dollar coin

See dollar coin by country of issue. Canada dollar coin United States dollar coin...

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Belize dollar

The Belize dollar is the national currency of Belize. It is abbreviated "BZ". As of 2004, its exchange rate is artificially set to 2 BZ for 1 United States dollar. The gray market has now been legalized and on average you get 2.06 BZ to the US dollar...

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Eurodollar

Eurodollar may refer to: A name incorrectly given to the Euro in some American media. A proposed single North Atlantic currency that would merge the US Dollar, the Canada dollar and the EU Euro. Eurodollars, deposits denominated in United States dollar at banks outside the United States...

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Reserve currency

A reserve currency is a currency which is held in significant quantities by other governments and institutions as part of their foreign exchange reserves. The United States Dollar is the most important reserve currency in the world today, followed by the Euro and the Japanese Yen...

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Colón (currency)

The colón is the currency of two Central American nations: Costa Rica (ISO 4217 three-letter currency code: CRC) El Salvador (ISO 4217: SVC) – since 2001 used in parallel with the United States dollar; see dollarization. The Costa Rican colón is divided into 100 céntimos; the Salvadoran...

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Currency board

A currency board is a system by which a currency is convertible at a fixed exchange rate with another currency. This can mean that the currency is fully backed by another currency, eg the United States dollar. When a currency board makes a currency convertible at a fixed exchange rate to some...

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Eurodollars

Eurodollars are deposits denominated in United States dollar at banks outside the United States, and thus are not under the jurisdiction of the Federal Reserve. Subsequently, such deposits are regulated much less than similar deposits within the United States, allowing for higher margins...

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Manat

Manah was the goddess of fate and destiny, and the daughter of the moon-god Hubal, worshipped in pre-Islamic Arabia.. The manat is a currency unit of Azerbaijan, worth approximately two United States dollars. 1 Azeri manat (AZM) = 100 gopiks. The manat is also the name of the currency of...

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Centavo

unit. e.g. 1 Panamanian Balboa = 100 centavos ; 1 United States Dollar = 100 cents; 1 Italian Lira... Centavo is a Spanish word derived from the Latin Centum meaning "hundred". It is a fractional monetary unit, used to represent one hundredth of a basic monetary unit in many countries around the...

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