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How to spell dollar

What it means: A unit of money worth one hundred cents.

In a sentence: I found a dollar under my bed this morning. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for double l. Often misspelled as dolar or doller.

Same family: dollars, dollar bill, one-dollar, dollar sign. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word "dollar" comes from the German word "Thaler," a large silver coin used in Europe in the 1500s. Over time, the name changed in English and became the standard word for the main unit of money in the United States and several other countries.

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