Lollar

name, noun

name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

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    a currency deposit recorded as a US dollar in the Lebanese banking system that cannot be withdrawn as such due to the Lebanese liquidity crisis, instead being available only for exchange for Lebanese pounds at massively reduced rates.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

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Example

More examples

"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.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.