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Asking what is a dollar will seem a strange question to many people because they will see the answer as being very obvious. It is simply what their notes and coins say on them and comes with a $ symbol before the amount. Australians would say this, Canadians would say this and USians (OK I just made that last one up) would say this. The same would be true of other countries where the currency is called dollar.

I am in Europe though and here we do not use the dollar as the name of our currency. Many European countries use the Euro these days although mine along with some others do not. I type £ and not $ when I am writing about money because that is what I understand.

There are alternative words that can be used such as cash or money which are globally recognised terms for what we all spend on a daily basis so why not use them. The global internet does not recognise a single currency nor a single country so terms need to be used carefully when writing. Pick words that have a global relevance rather than using the ones that are specific to your own country. It helps to get the message across to the widest possible audience and that is a crucial factor if you have a marketing site.