Definition of Petrodollar

1. Noun. Money earned from the sale of oil. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Petrodollar

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Petrodollar

petro-dictator
petro-dictators
petro-dictatorship
petro-occipital
petro-occipital fissure
petro-occipital joint
petroccipital
petrochemical
petrochemically
petrochemicals
petrochemist
petrochemistry
petrochemists
petrocortyne
petrodiesel
petrodollar (current term)
petrodollars
petrogale
petrogeneses
petrogenesis
petrogenetic
petrogenic
petrogenies
petrogeny
petrogeological
petrogeologist
petrogeologists
petrogeology
petroglyph
petroglyphic

Literary usage of Petrodollar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United Arab Emirates: A New Perspective by Ibrahim Abed, Peter Hellyer (2001)
"'Managing The petrodollar Bonanza: Avenues and Implications of Recycling Arab Capital', Arab Studies Quarterly, vol. 6, nos.land 2 (1984) pp 13-38. ..."

2. The Clouded Lens: Persian Gulf Security and U.S. Policyby James H. Noyes by James H. Noyes (1982)
"... military withdrawal in 1971 and was followed shortly by fear of a Gulf arms race, both exacerbated by the onset, after 1973, of the "petrodollar" era. ..."

3. The United Nations System: The Policies of Member States by Chadwick F. Alger, Gene Martin Lyons, John E. Trent (1995)
"... Canadian population.114 The global economic and political changes that followed the 1973 Middle East war and petrodollar diplomacy found interest groups ..."

4. Foreign Investment and National Security: Getting the Balance Right by Alan P. Larson, David M. Marchick (2007)
"In the 1970s, alarm over petrodollar investments from oil-producing nations led to congressional hearings and the creation of CFIUS, a twelve-agency ..."

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