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dollaraire

dollaraire noun: somebody whose wealth equals or is greater than the mentioned amount of dollars.

Noun

dollaraire (plural dollaraires)

  1. (rare) Somebody whose wealth equals or is greater than the mentioned amount of dollars.
    • The world's playground became a camp, and now is a workshop, and our billionaires, millionaires, and hundred-thousand-dollaraires will have to put up with Florida, California, our sight-seeing trips, and the Canadian resorts.1920, The Argonaut, volume 87, Argonaut Publishing Company, page 26
    • One is the Publishers Clearing House, which I visit every day, because you never know! I just may be the next 10 million-dollar-aire!1996 August 13, Ana Diaz, “Re: A teeny tiny survey”, in alt.cuddle (Usenet), message-ID <3210A8C6.283C@worldnet.att.net>
  2. (rare) Somebody whose wealth equals a very small amount of dollars, especially when compared with millionaires, hundredaires, etc.
    • They have no millionaires, very few thousandaires, more hundredaires, and mostly dollaraires.1906, William Harrison De Puy, The Methodist Year-book, Philips & Hunt
    • THE MILLIONAIRE / […] / THE DOLLARAIRE / First Workingman: I have two thousand dollars that I wish I could invest where I wouldn't have to pay taxes on it.1922, Los Angeles Single Tax League, Tax Relief Association of California, Tax Facts, page 46

Examples of dollaraire in a sentence

  • “So,” I clutched my army jacket at my neck, “how does it feel to be a hundred-thousand-dollaraire?”2001 January 21, Steve Hermanos, Strange Jazz, United States: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 108:
  • At one time you were a “ten dollaraire,” then a hunderedaire, thousandaire, millionaire, multi-millionaire etc.2011 August, Bill McKenna, “Chapter 17: Uncaused Joy”, in The Only Lesson, United States: Balboa Press, →ISBN, page 89:
  • While I am a multi-thousandaire, I think you might just be a hundredaire or even a dollaraire.2004 May 9, Boob, “Re: Grudgematch 2004!”, in alt.surfing (Usenet), message-ID <109sb8t22et3f72@corp.supernews.com>:

Forms of dollaraire

pluraldollaraires
alternative formdollar-aire

Origin of dollaraire

From dollar + -aire.

Questions about dollaraire

What does dollaraire mean?
Dollaraire means somebody whose wealth equals or is greater than the mentioned amount of dollars.
How do you use dollaraire in a sentence?
“So,” I clutched my army jacket at my neck, “how does it feel to be a hundred-thousand-dollaraire?”
What part of speech is dollaraire?
Dollaraire is a noun.
What is the plural of dollaraire?
The plural of dollaraire is dollaraires.

Words near dollaraire in the dictionary

  1. dollar-cost averaging
  2. dollar-sign eyes
  3. dollar-speaking
  4. dollar-store
  5. dollarable
  6. dollaraire
  7. dollaraires
  8. dollarbird
  9. dollarbirds
  10. dollarbuck
  11. dollarbucks

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