50-dollar
|fif-ty-dol-lar|
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/ˈfɪfti ˈdɑl.ɚ/
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/ˈfɪfti ˈdɒl.ə/
worth 50 dollars
Etymology
'50-dollar' is a compound of 'fifty' and 'dollar'. 'fifty' originates from Old English, specifically the word 'fifftig', where 'fif' meant 'five' and '-tig' meant 'a group of ten'. 'dollar' originates from Low German, specifically the word 'daler', where 'daler' referred to a coin named after Joachimsthal (literally 'Joachim's valley').
'dollar' changed from Early Modern German/Low German 'taler'/'daler' into Dutch forms like 'daalder' and then into English as 'dollar' during the 16th–17th centuries; 'fifftig' in Old English evolved into Middle English forms like 'fifty' and then the modern 'fifty'.
Initially, 'dollar' referred specifically to a silver coin from Joachimsthal, but over time it became the general name for a unit of currency (e.g., the US dollar). 'fifty' originally meant 'five tens' and the compound has long meant 'worth fifty dollars'.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
a banknote or bill with a face value of fifty dollars (often used with a noun like 'bill' or 'note').
He paid with a 50-dollar bill.
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Adjective 1
costing, worth, or denominated at fifty dollars (used attributively before a noun).
That's a 50-dollar watch.
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