dollarwise

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adverb

In terms of dollars (as opposed to percentage, or to another currency); moneywise; monetarily; financially.

“Dollarwise it was the biggest change in years, but percentagewise it was not a record-breaking change.”

OriginProto-Germanic *wīsaz ← Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós ← English dollar →
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Meanings

adverbdollarwise (not comparable)
  1. USnot comparableIn terms of dollars (as opposed to percentage, or to another currency); moneywise; monetarily; financially.

    Dollarwise it was the biggest change in years, but percentagewise it was not a record-breaking change.

    2 more examples

    There are far larger budget fights looming, dollarwise.

    2008 March 27, “New Day, Line by Budget Line”, in New York Times

    Dollarwise, I probably lost out by at least 100 percent, but it spawned a career.

    2008, Robert Schleicher, The Lionel Legend: An American Icon, page 18

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-Indo-European*weyd-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  12. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-s-ós
  13. Proto-Germanic*wīsaz
  14. Englishdollarwise

From dollar + -wise.

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APA

dollarwise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dollarwise

MLA

“dollarwise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dollarwise. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dollarwise,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dollarwise.

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