Why Is It That Dollars is often Called as "bucks" ? ?

There isn't any really reliable or convincing explanation and nobody really knows how or why it came to be called a 'buck'. What is certain is that, in nearly every country, there are alternative terms for money and various denominations of money which probably evolved as a sort of code to keep transactions private. "Grand", for example, is often used to mean 'a thousand' [US dollars or UK pounds] and, in England, terms like 'monkey', 'pony' and many others meant specific amounts. The most plausible (but not necessarily correct) reason for the dollar being called a 'buck' is that the Native Americans used animal skins as money and, as a buck is a male deer, the buckskin was a unit of currency and was shortened to a 'buck' (Buckskin is a flexible and hard-wearing leather which was very desirable). Another possible explanation is that the term came from a common phrase in a poker game, "the buck stops here", where 'the buck' in this case referred to a horn-handled knife (made of buck horn) commonly used as the marker for the dealer and was passed around the circle as the game progressed. It is possible that a silver dollar replaced it as a marker and that the name stuck. In England, the term "dollar" was commonly used for a five shilling piece (officially, a 'crown') which was a quarter of a pound. This was probably because it was a large silver coin, roughly the size and value of an American silver dollar at the time.

Well buck means the following things. 1. To leap upward arching the back: The horse bucked in fright. 2. To charge with the head lowered; butt. 3. To make sudden jerky movements; jolt: The motor bucked and lurched before it finally ran smoothly. 4. To resist stubbornly and obstinately; balk. Now tell me that isn't it appropriate calling the dollar buck.

What did the deer say as she came out of the bushes? She said, "That's the last time I'll do that for a Buck!"

I never knew what people called dollar bills bucks either. Someone gave you a pretty good answer below. I just think saying bucks instead of dollars sounds really ignorant so I dont say I have 50 bucks for instance. The animal that you are thinking of I believe is a deer... a male deer is called a buck and a female is called a deer. They are very calm gentle animals.

Hello there Muttley! They say it is because Buck is short for Buckskin. Buck = male deer. A long time ago American Indians used them as money.

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