Definitions For Petrodollar

Noun

PETRODOLLAR (plural PETRODOLLARs) (oil industry, mostly, in the plural, also, attributively) money, money (either notionally or specifically in dollars or other currency, currencies) earn#verb, earned from the sale#noun, sale of oil#noun, oil, often especially as considered among a national economy's principal {{w, revenue stream, revenue streams}}.

Coordinate terms

agridollar#Noun, agridollars ecodollar#Noun, ecodollars narcodollar#Noun, narcodollars

Related terms

petrocurrency petroeuro petromoney petropound

Translations

Armenian: նավթադոլար Dutch: petrodollar, m Finnish: öljyraha French: pétrodollar, m German: Petrodollar, m Greek: πετροδολάριο, n Italian: petrodollaro, m, petroldollaro, m Polish: petrodolar, m Portuguese: petrodólar, m Romanian: petrodolar, n Russian: нефтедо́ллар Spanish: petrodólar, m Swedish: oljedollar, c Ukrainian: нафтодо́лар, m

Etymology

from petro + pos1={{glossary + prefix meaning ‘petroleum; oil export’ + dollar}}, possibly modelled after eurodollar.{{r:oed online + pos=n + id=141912 + date=december 2005 + nodot=1}}; {{r:lexico + pos=n}}