2. Noun. Money earned through the sale of petroleum. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Petrodollars
1. petrodollar [n] - See also: petrodollar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Petrodollars
Literary usage of Petrodollars
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Language of Foreign Affairs (1987)
"... and to undertake joint projects.2 SEE ALSO: OPEC: petrodollars. NOTES 1.
Political Handbook of the World 1986 (CO-11), p. 706. ..."
2. The Development Decade?: Economic and Social Change in South Africa, 1994-2004 by Vishnu Padayachee (2006)
"Third, the flood of petrodollars pouring into commercial banks created the economic
incentive for massive loans to Third World governments during the 1970s ..."
3. Macrothesaurus for Information Processing in the Field of Economic and by Anne Di Lauro, Alice Watson (1998)
"... SCIENCES RT: PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY PETROCHEMICALS petrodollars petrodollars
... NATURAL GAS OAPEC OPEC COUNTRIES petrodollars PETROLEUM ENGINEERING ..."
4. United Arab Emirates: A New Perspective by Ibrahim Abed, Peter Hellyer (2001)
"Other countries both need its oil and gas and desire access to its petrodollars,
whether for inward investment or as payments for their goods and services. ..."
5. Arms Reduction; Economic Implication in the Post-Cold War Era by Lawrence Robert Klein, Fu-chen Lo, Warwick J. McKibbin (1995)
"... the unit cost of defence items for the United States by recycling petrodollars
and extending production runs, as well as spreading development outlays. ..."
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