US Dollar

The US Dollar is the currency of the United States of America.

US Dollars are rounded to two decimals. One US Dollar breaks into 100 cents.

USD is the three letter code for US Dollar according to ISO 4217 Currency codes.

Alternate Names

Buck

$1 is offen informally referenced as one buck. Some historians trace the origin of the term to American colonial period. During that time goods were commonly traded for buckskins (deerskins).

Greenback

The nickname "greenback" has its origin in the period of the American Civil War. The United States government issued in that period a novel design of its paper currency. The new dollar bills were printed in green color on the backside.

Related Entities

• A monetary amount of $1.
• In American slang, a 100 dollar bill is called a "Benjamin". The front of the bill depicts Benjamin Franklin one of the founding fathers of the United States.
• A grand is a slang term for 1000 dollars.
• A large is another slang term for 1000 dollars. It is mostly used in gangster circles and movies about crime. "Five large" would be 3000 dollars