petrodollar
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See also: pétrodollar
English
Etymology
From petro- (prefix meaning ‘petroleum; oil export’) + dollar, possibly modelled after Eurodollar.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɛtɹə(ʊ)ˌdɒlə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɛtɹoʊˌdɑlɚ/
- Hyphenation: pe‧tro‧dol‧lar
Noun
petrodollar (plural petrodollars)
- (oil industry, chiefly in the plural, also attributively) Money (either notionally or specifically in dollars or other currencies) earned from the sale of oil, often especially as considered among a national economy's principal revenue streams.
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Translations
money (either notionally or specifically in dollars or other currencies) earned from the sale of oil
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References
- ^ “petrodollar, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2005; “petrodollar, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English petrodollar. Equivalent to petro- + dollar.
Pronunciation
Noun
petrodollar m (plural petrodollars)
- petrodollar (dollar earned from oil sales)