dollarized

/ˈdɑlərˌaɪzd/
adjective
  1. Describing an economy or country that has adopted the U.S. dollar as its official currency.
    • Ecuador is a dollarized economy, using the U.S. dollar for all transactions.
    • The dollarized nation no longer prints its own money.
    • In a dollarized country, prices are stable because the currency is strong.
  2. Describing prices or values that are expressed in U.S. dollars.
    • The hotel's dollarized rates made it easy for American tourists to budget.
    • The menu had dollarized prices next to the local currency prices.
    • She preferred seeing dollarized amounts when shopping online from abroad.
verb
  1. Past tense and past participle of dollarize.
    • They dollarized all their financial reports for international investors.
    • The country dollarized its economy in the early 2000s.
    • The store dollarized its prices last year to attract more tourists.
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