"petrodollar" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɛtɹə(ʊ)ˌdɒlə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɛtɹoʊˌdɑlɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-petrodollar.wav [Southern-England] Forms: petrodollars [plural]
Etymology: From petro- (prefix meaning ‘petroleum; oil export’) + dollar, possibly modelled after Eurodollar. Etymology templates: {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{prefix|en|petro|dollar|pos1=prefix meaning ‘petroleum; oil export’}} petro- (prefix meaning ‘petroleum; oil export’) + dollar, {{m|en|Eurodollar}} Eurodollar Head templates: {{en-noun}} petrodollar (plural petrodollars)
  1. (oil industry, chiefly in the plural, also attributively) Money (either notionally or specifically in dollars or other currencies) earned from the sale of oil, often especially as considered among a national economy's principal revenue streams. Tags: also, attributive, in-plural Categories (topical): Money, Oil industry, Petroleum Related terms: petrocurrency, petroeuro, petromoney, petropound Coordinate_terms: agridollars, ecodollars, narcodollars Translations (money (either notionally or specifically in dollars or other currencies) earned from the sale of oil): նավթադոլար (navtʿadolar) (Armenian), petrodollar [masculine] (Dutch), öljyraha (Finnish), pétrodollar [masculine] (French), Petrodollar [masculine] (German), πετροδολάριο (petrodolário) [neuter] (Greek), petrodollaro [masculine] (Italian), petroldollaro [masculine] (Italian), petrodolar [masculine] (Polish), petrodólar [masculine] (Portuguese), petrodolar [neuter] (Romanian), нефтедо́ллар (neftedóllar) (Russian), petrodólar [masculine] (Spanish), oljedollar [common-gender] (Swedish), нафтодо́лар (naftodólar) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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