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Meaning of "petrodollars" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PETRODOLLARS

petrodollars  [ˈpɛtrəʊdɒləz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PETRODOLLARS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Petrodollars is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PETRODOLLARS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Petrodollar

Petrodollar refers to United States dollars earned through the sale of its petroleum to another country.

Definition of petrodollars in the English dictionary

The definition of petrodollars in the dictionary is money, paid in dollars, earned by a country for the exporting of petroleum.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PETRODOLLARS


binoculars
bɪˈnɒkjʊləz
chollers
ˈtʃɒləz
cobblers
ˈkɒbləz
colours
ˈkʌləz
expellers
ɪkˈspɛləz
jeweller´s
ˈdʒuːələz
Levellers
ˈlɛvələz
maulers
ˈmɔːləz
McCullers
məˈkʌləz
oilers
ˈɔɪləz
particulars
pəˈtɪkjʊləz
populars
ˈpɒpjʊləz
Sellers
ˈsɛləz
tailor´s
ˈteɪləz
Villiers
ˈvɪləz
watercolours
ˈwɔːtəkʌləz
Zatlers
ˈzætləz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PETRODOLLARS

petrochemical
petrochemically
petrochemicals
petrochemist
petrochemistry
petrocurrency
petrodollar
petrog.
petrogenesis
petrogenetic
petrogeny
petroglyph
petroglyphic
petroglyphy
Petrograd
petrogram
petrographer
petrographic
petrographical
petrographically

WORDS THAT END LIKE PETRODOLLARS

arrears
behind bars
Britney Spears
churidars
fall on deaf ears
handlebars
in tears
in the wars
Knights Templars
look or feel (like) a million dollars
Mars
Pears
shears
Spears
Star Wars
tears
the Stars and Bars
Villars
wet behind the ears
years

Synonyms and antonyms of petrodollars in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «petrodollars» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PETRODOLLARS

Find out the translation of petrodollars to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of petrodollars from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «petrodollars» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

石油美元
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

petrodólares
570 millions of speakers

English

petrodollars
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

petrodollars
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البترودولار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нефтедоллары
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

petrodólares
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পেট্রোডলার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pétrodollars
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Petrodollars
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Petrodollars
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

オイルダラー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

오일 달러
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Petrodollars
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đô la dầu mỏ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

petrodollars
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पेट्रोडॉल्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

petrol dolarları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

petrodollari
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

petrodolarów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нафтодолари
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

petrodolari
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πετροδολάρια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

petrodollars
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oljedollar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

oljedollar
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of petrodollars

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PETRODOLLARS»

The term «petrodollars» is regularly used and occupies the 86.654 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PETRODOLLARS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «petrodollars» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «petrodollars» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about petrodollars

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PETRODOLLARS»

Discover the use of petrodollars in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to petrodollars and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Global Imbalances and Petrodollars
Oil exporters have run large current account surpluses.
Rabah Arezki, Fuad Hasanov, 2009
2
The Hidden Hand of American Economy: Petrodollar Recycling ...
"David Spiro has followed the money trail, and the story he tells, based on interviews and a painstaking accumulation of fragmentary evidence, contradicts the accepted beliefs both in the particulars and in broad outline.
David E. Spiro, 1999
3
Encyclopedia of the Developing World
Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press, 2003. revenues soared while imports remained unchanged; this phenomenon generated vast current accounts surpluses. The additional petrodollars produced by the 1973-1974 price hike ...
Thomas M. Leonard, 2005
4
The FX Bootcamp Guide to Strategic and Tactical Forex Trading
PETRODOLLARS. Need yet another reason to focus on the USD? Let me introduce you to the petrodollar. Did you know that all oil purchases from OPEC are paid for in U.S. dollars? For example, if South Korea wants to buy oil from Saudi ...
Wayne McDonell, 2008
5
Routledge Encyclopedia of International Political Economy: ...
Much of the petroleum sold on world markets is priced in US dollars and the dollar-denominated receipts of petroleum- exporting nations are sometimes referred to as petrodollars. Surplus petroleum receipts were invested abroad or lent on ...
R. J. Barry Jones, 2001
6
Teaching about the Middle East
Topic. 3: Oil. and. the. Impact. of. Petrodollars. When the first oil tanker sailed through the Suez Canal in 1892 carrying its load of oil from Baku in the Caucasus to East Asia, the powerful connection between the industry and the region was ...
Social Studies School Service, 2002
7
The Politics of the Global Oil Industry: An Introduction
THE USE OF PETRODOLLARS The use of petroleum revenues, or petrodollars, in any oil-producing or oil-exporting country has to be considered with care. Petrodollars are quite different from other forms of income because they represent ...
Toyin Falola, Ann Genova, 2005
8
Energy and Conflict in Central Asia and the Caucasus
Petrodollars in Kazakhstan could help to paper over internal antagonisms that simmer between ethnic Kazakhs and Russian-Ukrainian Slavs, which have been encouraged by nationalists in Russia who covet the country's northern industrial  ...
Robert E. Ebel, Rajan Menon, 2000
9
International Economics Two
Petrodollars. The repeated increases in oil prices4 charged since October 1973 by the oil producing and exporting countries united in the OPEC cartel ( Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries), gave rise to serious balance-of- payments ...
Giancarlo Gandolfo, 1995
10
Dealing with the Debt Crisis
Because international loans were underrepresented in bank portfolios in the early 1970s, there was considerable room for direct commercial lending to developing countries. This greatly reduced the burden for recycling petrodollars that fell on ...
Ishrat Husain, Ishac Diwan, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PETRODOLLARS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term petrodollars is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Phir Subah Hogi: National Agenda On A 45-rpm Record
Petrodollars were yet to flow, Egypt took upon itself the leadership of Arab world. UAE wasn't yet born, Dubai was fighting with Abu Dhabi and ... «Swarajya, Jul 15»
2
Saudis to Boost Investment in Russia
Riyadh looking north does not only concern investing petrodollars in the Russian Federation. While this may simply be the Saudi's exacting ... «Silk Road Reporters, Jul 15»
3
Russian military strengthens defence of oil-rich Arctic region
... for Russia's economy, in a country that's heavily relied on petrodollars over the past decades to keep finances more-or-less in shape. «Ukraine Today, Jul 15»
4
Iran says no worry over blocked assets
... Central Bank's assets are blocked in Japan, South Korea, and the United Arab Emirates, and $6 billion of petrodollars are blocked in India,. «Trend News Agency, Jul 15»
5
Axis of Resistance to Crush Takfirism: Hezbollah Official
... Sheikh Qassem slammed Takfiris as terrorists created by the US and funded by the petrodollars coming from the Persian Gulf Arab states. «Tasnim News Agency, Jul 15»
6
With petrodollars also go global reserves
Whether we're right or wrong about the euro, one thing's for certain, the hypothetical eventuality of no more petrodollars is already having an ... «FT Alphaville, Jul 15»
7
Russia and China strengthen stock exchange ties
The Russian and Chinese leaders are doing what they should do protect their own countries. Being flooded with petrodollars, and american ... «RT, Jul 15»
8
Saudi Arabia must become international protectorate: Maliki
Otherwise, Maliki said, terrorism will continue to grow, fed by Saudi petrodollars. A file photo of ISIL terrorists at an unknown location. In similar ... «Press TV, Jul 15»
9
Iran's Basij Commander Claims US Commands ISIS
... equipped and armed the ISIL terrorist group with the help of the wicked Britain and the child-killing Zionist regime as well the petrodollars of ... «Arutz Sheva, Jul 15»
10
Opinion: Iran's economy will liberalize, despite the mullahs
... the moneyed elite into exile and clubbed the middle class into submission while using petrodollars to lavish subsidies on the poor masses. «MarketWatch, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Petrodollars [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/petrodollars>. May 2024 ».
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