petrodollar

From petro- (prefix meaning ‘petroleum; oil export’) +‎ dollar, possibly modelled after Eurodollar.^[1]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛtɹə(ʊ)ˌdɒlə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛtɹoʊˌdɑlɚ/
• Hyphenation: pe‧tro‧dol‧lar

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.

• agridollars
• ecodollars
• narcodollars

• petrocurrency
• petroeuro
• petromoney
• petropound

Borrowed from English petrodollar. Equivalent to petro- +‎ dollar.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeː.troːˌdɔ.lɑr/

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• Hyphenation: pe‧tro‧dol‧lar

petrodollar m (plural petrodollars)

1. petrodollar (dollar earned from oil sales)