Lollar

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    a currency deposit recorded as a US dollar in the Lebanese banking system that cannot be withdrawn as such due to the Lebanese liquidity crisis, instead being available only for exchange for Lebanese pounds at massively reduced rates.

    "Many scramble for ways to use their trapped “Lollars,” fearing they could eventually lose them completely."

Etymology

Blend of Lebanon + dollar; coined by economist Dan Azzi in 2019.

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