dollarize

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dollarise

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Verb edit

dollarize (third-person singular simple present dollarizes, present participle dollarizing, simple past and past participle dollarized)

(intransitive) To undergo dollarization; to start using the dollar as currency.
- 2024 March 29, Max Klaver, “Argentina inflation stings as people brace for president’s radical change”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
  That trust lies in right-wing libertarian President Javier Milei, who came to office last December on a promise of turning Argentina’s economy around by drastically reducing government payouts, slashing the size of the state, and dollarizing the economy.
(transitive) To convert to dollars.

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dollarization

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to undergo dollarization

Catalan: dolaritzar
French: dollariser (fr)
Galician: dolarizar
German: dollarisieren
Italian: dollarizzare
Polish: dolaryzować (pl)
Portuguese: dolarizar (pt)
Spanish: dolarizar (es)