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lollar

lollar noun: a currency deposit recorded as a US dollar in the Lebanese banking system that cannot be withdrawn as such due to the Lebanese liquidity crisis, instead being available only for exchange for Lebanese pounds at massively reduced rates.

Noun

lollar (plural lollars)

  1. a currency deposit recorded as a US dollar in the Lebanese banking system that cannot be withdrawn as such due to the Lebanese liquidity crisis, instead being available only for exchange for Lebanese pounds at massively reduced rates.
    • Many scramble for ways to use their trapped “Lollars,” fearing they could eventually lose them completely.2020 July 8, Sarah El Deeb, “Hottest commodity in Lebanon’s economic chaos: The US dollar”, in The Washington Post
    • Bekdache next names as problems the lollar/dollar and Lebanese pound currency conundrum and the issue of having to settle claims in the same currency and same category (cash or check) in which a policy premium had been paid;2021 April 9, Thomas Schellen, “Lost in the fog”, in Executive

Proper noun capitalized: Lollar

Lollar (plural Lollars)

  1. A surname.

Forms of lollar

Noun
plurallollars
Proper noun
pluralLollars

Origin of lollar

Blend of Lebanon + dollar; coined by economist Dan Azzi in 2019.

Questions about lollar

What does lollar mean?
Lollar means a currency deposit recorded as a US dollar in the Lebanese banking system that cannot be withdrawn as such due to the Lebanese liquidity crisis, instead being available only for exchange for Lebanese pounds at massively reduced rates.
What part of speech is lollar?
Lollar can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of lollar?
The plural of lollar is lollars.

Words near lollar in the dictionary

  1. Lolland
  2. lollapaloosa
  3. lollapaloosas
  4. lollapalooza
  5. lollapaloozas
  6. lollar
  7. Lollard
  8. Lollardian
  9. Lollardians
  10. Lollardies
  11. Lollardism

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