Petrodollar
Definition & Meaning
Pronunciation /ˈpɛtɹə(ʊ)ˌdɒlə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Petrodollar is a noun meaning (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.
Meaning
(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.
Word Forms
- petrodollars
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include recycling, petrocurrency, petropound, petromoney, petroeuro, petroyuan.
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