petrodollar
Meanings
noun
- 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.
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Etymology
From petro- (prefix meaning ‘petroleum; oil export’) + dollar, possibly modelled after Eurodollar.
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