Meaning
One dollar. This is an informal word, used most of all in American English.
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Word origin
From Old English bucca, a male deer or goat. The money sense grew out of buckskin, a deer hide once traded as a unit of value.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- bucca
Grammar
Examples
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"Bucks" is the plural, so this means five dollars.
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"A buck" is one dollar.
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"Buck" is informal, so you use it with friends, not in a letter.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 13, lesson 11: buck, include, upstairs and 7 more words.