different between farthing vs dollar

English

Etymology

From Middle English ferthing, from Old English f?orþing, f?orþung (“a quarter, fourth part, farthing”), from f?orþa (“fourth”), from Proto-Germanic *fedurþungaz (“a quarter”), probably influenced by Old Norse fjórðungr (“a fourth part, quarter”). Equivalent to fourth +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f??(?).ð??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)ð??

Noun

farthing (plural farthings)

1. (historical) Former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny; or a coin representing this.
   • 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, Chapter V:

     "Nay, Heaven forbid, indeed," quoth Robin, "that I should take from such as thee, jolly fellow! Not so much as one farthing would I take from thee, for I love a fair Saxon face like thine right well—more especially when it cometh from Locksley Town, and most especially when the man that owneth it is to marry a bonny lass on Thursday next. But come, tell me for what price thou wilt sell me all of thy meat and thy horse and cart."

   • 1895, Parliament of Western Australia, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly VIII, page 163:

     We must keep them to the fact that the duty is one and three quarter farthings, or nearly a half-penny in the pound and no more, and any one who tries to work it out any other way is not acting fairly in the matter.

   • I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer.

2. (figuratively) A very small quantity or value; the least possible amount.

   Synonyms: jot, shred, whit

   • 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xvi:

     That period of infatuation was not unrelieved by a certain amount of self-introspection on my part. I kept account of every farthing I spent, and my expenses were carefully calculated. Every little item such as omnibus fares or postage or a couple of coppers spent on newspapers, would be entered, and the balance struck every evening before going to bed. That habit has stayed with me ever since, and I know that as a result, though I have had to handle public funds amounting to lakhs, I have succeeded in exercising strict economy in their disbursement, and instead of outstanding debts have had invariably a surplus balance in respect of all the movements I have led.

3. (obsolete) A division of land.

Derived terms

Translations

Middle English

Noun

farthing

1. Alternative form of ferthing

English

Etymology

Attested since about 1500, from early Dutch daler, daalder, from German Taler, Thaler (“dollar”), from Sankt Joachimsthaler, literally "of Joachimstal," the name for coins minted in German Sankt Joachimsthal (“St. Joachim's Valley”) (now Jáchymov, Czech Republic). Ultimately from Joachim + Tal (“valley”). Cognate to Danish daler. Doublet of taler.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?l?/, /?d??l?/
• (General American) enPR: däl??r, IPA^(key): /?d?l?/
• (Canada, sometimes US) IPA^(key): /d?l?/
• Rhymes: -?l?(r)
• Hyphenation: dol?lar

Noun

dollar (plural dollars)

1. Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.
2. (by extension) Money generally.
   • 2002, Marcella Ridlen Ray, Changing and Unchanging Face of United States Civil Society

     Television, a favored source of news and information, pulls the largest share of advertising monies. In 1935, newspapers received 45 percent of the advertising dollar, magazines 8 percent, and radio 7 percent.

3. (Britain, colloquial, historical) A quarter of a pound or one crown, historically minted as a coin of approximately the same size and composition as a then-contemporary dollar coin of the United States, and worth slightly more.
   • 1990 October 28, Paul Simon, “Born at the Right Time”, The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.

     We like to go down to restaurant row / Spend those euro-dollars / All the way from Washington to Tokyo
4. (attributive, historical) Imported from the United States, and paid for in U.S. dollars. (Note: distinguish "dollar wheat", North American farmers' slogan, meaning a market price of one dollar per bushel.)
   • 1952 Brigadier Sir Harry Mackeson, House of Commons, London; Hansard, vol 504, col 271, 22 July 1952:

     The restricted purchase of dollar tobacco will, we hope, have the effect of increasing the imports of Turkish and Grecian tobacco

   • 1956, The Spectator, Vol. 197, page 342:

     For there are two luxury imports that lead all the others: dollar films and dollar tobacco.

Coordinate terms

afghani, ariary, baht, balboa, birr, bitcoin, bolivar, boliviano, cedi, colon, cordoba, dalasi, dinar, dirham, dobra, dogecoin, dong, dram, escudo, euro, florin, forint, franc, gourde, guarani, guilder, hryvnia, kina, kip, koruna, krona/króna/kronor/krone, kuna, kwacha, kwanza, kyat, lari, lek, lempira, leone, leu, lev, lilangeni, lira, litas, Litecoin, manat, mark, markka, metical, naira, nakfa, ngultrum, ouguiya, pa?anga, pataca, peso, pound, pula, quetzal, rand, rial, rial/riyal, riel, ringgit, ruble, rufiyaa, rupee, rupiah, scudo, shekel, shilling, sol, som, somoni, sterling, taka, tala, tenge, togrog, vatu, won, yen, yuan, zloty

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

See also

• cent
• dale
• mill
• mille
• vale
• valley

Anagrams

• old ral

Danish

Etymology

From English dollar, from German Taler, Thaler. Doublet of daler.

Noun

dollar c (singular definite dollaren, plural indefinite dollar)

1. a dollar (monetary unit)

Declension

References

• “dollar” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English dollar, from early Dutch daler, daalder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?l?r/
• Hyphenation: dol?lar

Noun

dollar m (plural dollars, diminutive dollartje n)

1. dollar (currency, especially the US dollar)

Derived terms

• dollarteken

Related terms

• daalder

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ?? (doru)

French

Etymology

From English dollar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?.la?/

Noun

dollar m (plural dollars)

1. dollar

Derived terms

Further reading

• “dollar” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Irish

Etymology

From English dollar, from early Dutch daler, daalder, from German Taler, Thaler (“dollar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d???l?????/

Noun

dollar m (genitive singular dollair, nominative plural dollair)

1. dollar

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "dollar" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German daler, via English dollar

Noun

dollar m (definite singular dollaren, indefinite plural dollar, definite plural dollarene)

1. a dollar (monetary unit)

Derived terms

• dollarseddel

References

• “dollar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German daler, via English dollar

Noun

dollar m (definite singular dollaren, indefinite plural dollar, definite plural dollarane)

1. a dollar (monetary unit)

References

• “dollar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From English dollar.

Noun

dollar c

1. dollar

Declension