Farther vs Dollar - What's the difference?
farther | dollar |
(far) Of or pertaining to being distant, or of greater distance in degree or of extension in time.
* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 5.
English terms with homophones
Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, Australia, the United States, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is .
(by extension) Money generally.
* Marcella Ridlen Ray, Changing and Unchanging Face of United States Civil Society
Colloquially in the United Kingdom, a quarter of a pound or one crown, historically minted as a coin of approximately the same size and composition as a then-contemporary dollar coin of the United States, and worth slightly more.
* 1990 October 28, (Paul Simon), “Born at the Right Time”, (The Rhythm of the Saints) , Warner Bros.
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(attributive, historical) Imported from the United States, and paid for in U.S. dollars. (Note: distinguish "dollar wheat", North American farmers' slogan, meaning a market price of one dollar per bushel.)
* 1952 Brigadier Sir Harry Mackeson, House of Commons, London;
* 1956 The Spectator Vol.197 p.342:
As an adjective farther
is (far) of or pertaining to being distant, or of greater distance in degree or of extension in time.As an adverb farther
is .As a noun dollar is
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Adjective
(head)Adverb
(head)- But as the matter is often carried farther , even to the absolute rejecting of all profound reasonings, or what is commonly called metaphysics , we shall now proceed to consider what can reasonably be pleaded in their behalf.
Usage notes
Some usage guides distinguish (farther) and (further), with farther'' referring to distance, and ''further'' referring to degree or time.Grammar Girl: Further Versus Farther]Others, such as the OED, recommend ''farther'' as a comparative form of ''far'' and ''further for use when it is not comparative.[http://www.dailywritingtips.com/farther-further-whats-the-difference/ Daily Writing Tips – Farther, Further: What’s the Difference? However, most authorities consider the two interchangeable in most or all circumstances, and historically they have not been distinguished.
References
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Noun
(en noun)- Television, a favored source of news and information, pulls the largest share of advertising monies. In 1935, newspapers received 45 percent of the advertising dollar , magazines 8 percent, and radio 7 percent.
- We like to go down to restaurant row / Spend those euro-dollars / All the way from Washington to Tokyo
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Hansard vol 504 col 271, 22 July 1952:
- The restricted purchase of dollar tobacco will, we hope, have the effect of increasing the imports of Turkish and Grecian tobacco
- For there are two luxury imports that lead all the others : dollar' films and ' dollar tobacco.