USD

Dollars, in brief

USD is the currency code for United States dollars, the official currency of the United States and the world's primary reserve currency.

The abbreviation appears in financial contexts, exchange rates, and international transactions: The contract was denominated in USD.

In casual use, people typically say "dollars" rather than USD.

American

greenback

US paper currency

Hamilton · Jackson · Grant · Franklin · Jefferson · eagle · mint · petrodollar · dollarization · hegemony

denominations

penny

One-cent piece

five · ten · twenty · fifty · hundred · Benjamin · single · coin · banknote · cash

forex

conversion

Act of changing states

float · devaluation · revaluation · spot · forward · pip · forex · trading · broker

economics

inflation

Sustained price level increase

T-bills · CPI · FOMC · tapering

transactions

payment

Fulfilling a financial obligation

settlement · pricing · billing · denomination · payout · receipt · transaction · clearing

Categories
Opposites
major rival currencies

USDCNY

China's monetary unit code

yuan · renminbi · Chinese yuan · EUR · euro

currency system type

USDBitcoin

Peer-to-peer electronic cash

BTC · cryptocurrency · gold · gold standard · Ethereum

Family

U.S. dollar

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G