dollarize

English

Alternative forms

• dollarise

Etymology

dollar +‎ -ize

Verb

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

1. (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.

2. (transitive) To convert to dollars.

Derived terms

• dollarization

Translations

to undergo dollarization

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