dollarize
verb /ˈdɒləraɪz/
/ˈdɑːləraɪz/
(British English also dollarise)
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they dollarize | /ˈdɒləraɪz/ /ˈdɑːləraɪz/ |
| he / she / it dollarizes | /ˈdɒləraɪzɪz/ /ˈdɑːləraɪzɪz/ |
| past simple dollarized | /ˈdɒləraɪzd/ /ˈdɑːləraɪzd/ |
| past participle dollarized | /ˈdɒləraɪzd/ /ˈdɑːləraɪzd/ |
| -ing form dollarizing | /ˈdɒləraɪzɪŋ/ /ˈdɑːləraɪzɪŋ/ |
- (of a country) to start using the US dollar as its own currency
- The country was forced to dollarize because its national currency collapsed.
- dollarize something to dollarize the economy