dollarship

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noun

Monetary concerns; the power of money.

OriginProto-Germanic *skapjaną ← English dollar ← Dutch daler →
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Meanings

noundollarship (uncountable)
  1. uncountableMonetary concerns; the power of money.

    The Lord Norths of our day form steel trusts and sugar trusts and all other kinds of trusts, and then claim — not the divine right of kingship, but — the divine right of dollarship to rule the earth.

    1970, Wilshire's, volumes 2-4, page 36
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    The failure to proactively create and incentivize leadership programs that address this unique role makes it more likely that models appropriate to different organizational forms, more focused on “dollarship than scholarship,” will dominate.

    2017, Duncan Waite, Ira Bogotch, The Wiley International Handbook of Educational Leadership

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*dalą
  2. Proto-West Germanic*dal
  3. Old High Germantal
  4. Middle High Germantal
  5. GermanTal
  6. GermanTaler
  7. Middle Low Germandāler
  8. Dutchdaler
  9. Englishdollar
  10. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
  11. Englishdollarship

From dollar + -ship.

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APA

dollarship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dollarship

MLA

“dollarship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dollarship. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dollarship,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dollarship.

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