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/dol'euhr euh zay"sheuhn/, n.the conversion of a country's currency system into U.S. dollars.[1985-90]
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dollarization — dol‧lar‧i‧za‧tion [ˌdɒləraɪˈzeɪʆn ǁ ˌdɑːlərə ] also dollarisation noun [uncountable] ECONOMICS 1. when people in countries outside the US prefer to use the dollar, rather than their country s own currency: • High inflation has led many Russians… … Financial and business terms
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Dollarization: Is It Worth It? — ▪ 2002 Introduction by Guillermo A. Calvo By mid 2001 a number of Latin American countries had officially adopted the U.S. dollar as their currency. Ecuador replaced its sucre with the dollar in September 2000. On Jan. 1, 2001, El Salvador… … Universalium
dollarization — noun Date: 1982 the adoption of the United States dollar as a country s official national currency • dollarize verb … New Collegiate Dictionary
dollarization — noun The process of a country adopting the US dollar or other foreign currency in parallel to or instead of the domestic currency. Making dollarisation work requires structural reform, something President Noboa has failed to achieve. Ecuadors… … Wiktionary
dollarization — dol|lar|i|za|tion [ˌdɔləraıˈzeıʃən US rə ] n [U] technical a situation in which countries outside the US want to use the dollar rather than their own country s money … Dictionary of contemporary English
