ドル

どる
counter
dollar
money
1. dollar
Counter for US dollars or other dollar currencies.
100ドル払(はら)った。
I paid 100 dollars.
How many yen is one dollar now?
I have 50 dollars.
このバッグは200ドルでした。
This bag was 200 dollars.
Before the trip, I exchanged 500 dollars into Japanese yen.

ドル is used as a counter for dollars, particularly US dollars.

Counting patterns

ドル follows regular number patterns: 1ドル、2ドル、3ドル、10ドル、100ドル.

Common expressions

Related words

Etymology

An early borrowing, probably through Dutch; a borrowing from modern English would have given ダラー, which is not used.