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dollarisation fThe thought of dumping their own yo-yoing currencies for the strong and stable U.S. dollar has made many beleaguered central bankers swoon. And we're not just talking crisis economies such as Ecuador, which in 2000 jilted its inflation-prone sucre in favor of the dollar: Last April, Canada's second-largest bank proclaimed that dollarization is the "only viable option" to boost the country's ailing economy.
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[eɪl] 1.transitive verb affliger [society, economy]2.to be ailing — [person] être souffrant; [company] être mal en point
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