Barbadian dollar
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The Barbadian dollar is the official currency of Barbados, pegged to the US dollar and used for all domestic financial transactions on the island.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Barbadian dollar canonical | 17 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T466617 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Barbadian dollar Context triple: [British West Indies dollar, replacedBy, Barbadian dollar]
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A.
Bermudian dollar
The Bermudian dollar is the official currency of Bermuda, pegged at par with the U.S. dollar and commonly used interchangeably with it on the islands.
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B.
Jamaican dollar
The Jamaican dollar is the official monetary unit of Jamaica, used for all everyday transactions and financial operations within the country.
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C.
Bermudian pound
The Bermudian pound was the former currency of Bermuda, used when the territory followed the British sterling system before adopting the Bermudian dollar.
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D.
British West Indies dollar
The British West Indies dollar was a regional colonial currency used in several British Caribbean territories before being replaced by their modern national currencies.
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E.
Falkland Islands pound
The Falkland Islands pound is the official currency of the Falkland Islands, issued locally but maintained at parity with the British pound sterling.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Barbadian dollar Target entity description: The Barbadian dollar is the official currency of Barbados, pegged to the US dollar and used for all domestic financial transactions on the island.
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A.
Bermudian dollar
The Bermudian dollar is the official currency of Bermuda, pegged at par with the U.S. dollar and commonly used interchangeably with it on the islands.
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B.
Jamaican dollar
The Jamaican dollar is the official monetary unit of Jamaica, used for all everyday transactions and financial operations within the country.
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C.
Bermudian pound
The Bermudian pound was the former currency of Bermuda, used when the territory followed the British sterling system before adopting the Bermudian dollar.
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D.
British West Indies dollar
The British West Indies dollar was a regional colonial currency used in several British Caribbean territories before being replaced by their modern national currencies.
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E.
Falkland Islands pound
The Falkland Islands pound is the official currency of the Falkland Islands, issued locally but maintained at parity with the British pound sterling.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
currency
ⓘ
fiat currency ⓘ |
| centralBank | Central Bank of Barbados ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Barbados ⓘ |
| denominationType |
banknotes
ⓘ
coins ⓘ |
| exchangeRate | 2 Barbadian dollars = 1 United States dollar ⓘ |
| frequentlyUsedBanknote |
10 Barbadian dollars
ⓘ
100 Barbadian dollars ⓘ 2 Barbadian dollars ⓘ 20 Barbadian dollars ⓘ 5 Barbadian dollars ⓘ 50 Barbadian dollars ⓘ |
| frequentlyUsedCoin |
1 Barbadian dollar
ⓘ
10 cents ⓘ 25 cents ⓘ 5 cents ⓘ |
| hasInflationTarget | managed by Central Bank of Barbados ⓘ |
| hasSecurityFeatures |
holographic elements on higher denominations
ⓘ
security threads on banknotes ⓘ watermarks on banknotes ⓘ |
| introduced | 1973 ⓘ |
| ISO4217Code | BBD ⓘ |
| legalStatus | legal tender for all debts public and private in Barbados ⓘ |
| legalTender | Barbados ⓘ |
| localSymbol | Bds$ ⓘ |
| monetaryAuthority | Government of Barbados ⓘ |
| monetaryPolicyRegime | fixed exchange rate ⓘ |
| monetarySymbolPlacement | before the amount ⓘ |
| officialCurrencyOf | Barbados ⓘ |
| peggedExchangeRateSystem | crawling peg to USD at fixed parity ⓘ |
| peggedTo |
US dollar
ⓘ
surface form:
United States dollar
|
| rarelyUsedCoin | 1 cent ⓘ |
| region | Caribbean ⓘ |
| regulatingAuthority | Central Bank of Barbados ⓘ |
| replacedCurrency | East Caribbean dollar ⓘ |
| subunit | cent ⓘ |
| subunitToUnit | 100 ⓘ |
| symbol | $ ⓘ |
| usedAs |
medium of exchange in Barbados
ⓘ
store of value in Barbados ⓘ unit of account in Barbados ⓘ |
| usedFor | domestic financial transactions in Barbados ⓘ |
| usedIn | Barbados ⓘ |
| usedInTourismSector | Barbados ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Barbadian dollar Description of subject: The Barbadian dollar is the official currency of Barbados, pegged to the US dollar and used for all domestic financial transactions on the island.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Central Bank of Barbados
subject surface form:
Central Bank of Barbados
subject surface form:
Central Bank of Barbados