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Etymology

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From dollar +‎ -wise.

Adverb

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dollarwise (not comparable)

  1. (US) In terms of dollars (as opposed to percentage, or to another currency); moneywise; monetarily; financially.
    Coordinate term: percentagewise
    Dollarwise it was the biggest change in years, but percentagewise it was not a record-breaking change.
    • 2008 March 27, “New Day, Line by Budget Line”, in New York Times[1]:
      There are far larger budget fights looming, dollarwise.
    • 2008, Robert Schleicher, The Lionel Legend: An American Icon, page 18:
      Dollarwise, I probably lost out by at least 100 percent, but it spawned a career.

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