non-dollar

adjective

non-dol·​lar ˌnän-ˈdä-lər 

1

: being an area where the U.S. dollar is not used as a basis for exchange and currencies usually cannot be converted freely into dollars

non-dollar countries

2

: not based on the U.S. dollar: such as

a

: not fixed in value to the dollar

the appreciation of non-dollar currencies against the dollar

b

: not trading in dollars

non-dollar markets

3

: not consisting in or composed of dollars

non-dollar assets such as real estate

Examples of non-dollar in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Over the past year, Russia, China and Brazil have turned to greater use of non-dollar currencies in their cross-border transactions. —Mihaela Papa, Fortune, 25 June 2023

What The Future Could Hold Though Russia and a few other oil producing countries have pressured buyers to conduct trades in non-dollar currencies for years, there is no question that the divisive nature of Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine has caused such pressures to rise. —David Blackmon, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined at sense 1