2006-08-12 21:50:10 · 5 answers · asked by aa t 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The use of "buck" to mean "money" came about, as one might expect, from the days when a deerskin was a common medium of exchange. The term appears as early as 1748 in the journal of Conrad Weiser, who wrote, while travelling through Indian territory (in what is now Ohio) in 1748, "He has been robbed of the value of 300 Bucks." A hundred years later, with the deerskin no longer a significant unit of trade, use of the word "buck" had shifted to a more general reference to the dollar. (This usage is not related to the phrase "passing the buck," however.)
2006-08-12 22:10:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word is "bucks". It is most likely an abbreviation of "Buckskin" which was the currency of trade with the Indians since 1756. A buckskin of couse is the skin (hide) of a male deer.
2006-08-12 22:07:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bucks
2006-08-12 21:54:20 · answer #3 · answered by magnanimous_mark 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it because people used to trade cattle or livestock. They would pay each other in bulls, steer, or "bucks" which were male goats, I guess.
Other languages have similar terms for money.
2006-08-12 22:01:57 · answer #4 · answered by retzy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bucks is d rite spell.......................& its not tat A particular U.S dollar called bucks but ,its d currency of anyother country can be called BUCKS.................................................!
this is all frm my side
2006-08-12 22:42:36 · answer #5 · answered by pretty c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋