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dollar diplomacy

dollar diplomacy noun: the effort of the United States — particularly under President William Howard Taft — to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries.

Noun (1)

dollar diplomacy (uncountable)

  1. The effort of the United States — particularly under President William Howard Taft — to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries.

Noun (2) capitalized: Dollar Diplomacy

Dollar Diplomacy (uncountable)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of dollar diplomacy.

Forms of dollar diplomacy

alternative formDollar Diplomacy

Questions about dollar diplomacy

What does dollar diplomacy mean?
Dollar diplomacy means the effort of the United States — particularly under President William Howard Taft — to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries.
What part of speech is dollar diplomacy?
Dollar diplomacy is a noun.

Words near dollar diplomacy in the dictionary

  1. dollar dances
  2. dollar day
  3. dollar days
  4. dollar decade
  5. dollar democracy
  6. dollar diplomacy
  7. dollar of our daddies
  8. dollar of the daddies
  9. dollar out
  10. Dollar Point
  11. dollar princess

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