dollarization

dollarization
dollarization dol‧lar‧i‧za‧tion [ˌdɒləraɪˈzeɪʆn ǁ ˌdɑːlərə-] also dollarisation noun [uncountable] ECONOMICS
1. when people in countries outside the US prefer to use the dollar, rather than their country's own currency:

• High inflation has led many Russians to hold US dollars rather than roubles. This dollarisation is only now starting to reverse.

2. FINANCE when a country makes its currency the same value as the dollar, or keeps its currency at the same rate in relation to the dollar
— dollarized also dollarised adjective :

• As a dollarised economy, the Argentinian peso has the same value as the US dollar.

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   Adoption of the US dollar as the main currency across large parts of the economy. It can occur informally and without official approval, when citizens vote with their pockets, or formally when a country stops issuing its own currency and uses only foreign currency.

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dollarization UK US /ˌdɒləraɪˈzeɪʃən/ US  /ˌdɒlərɪˈzeɪʃən/ noun [U] (UK also dollarisation) ECONOMICS
► the situation in which a country chooses to use the US dollar instead of, or in addition to, its own currency: »

The finance minister argued that dollarization would boost economic growth.

► the situation in which a country decides to make its own currency the same value as the US dollar or to link it to changes in the value of the US dollar
dollarize verb [I or T] (UK also dollarise)
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Critics pointed out that dollarizing the economy could reduce the country's control over its economy.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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