Why do American people refer to money as "buck" instead of "dollar"?

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"Buck, the slang term for a dollar, is a clipped form of buckskin. On the American frontier, buckskins were often used as units of commerce. The term buck, meaning a unit of value, dates to at least 1748." http://www.wordorigins.org/wordorb.htm Dec 08 04, 4:25 PM

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