it is dollars vs it costs dollars

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'It is dollars' is used when stating the currency of an amount, while 'it costs dollars' is used when referring to the price of something. They are not interchangeable as they convey different meanings.

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it is dollars

This phrase is correct when stating the currency of an amount.

This phrase is used to specify the currency of an amount, for example, 'The total cost is 100 dollars.'

Examples:

The price of the item is 50 dollars.
The fee for the service is 200 dollars.
The rent for the apartment is 800 dollars.
The value of the product is 30 dollars.
The bill came to 75 dollars.

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Instead, it is the dollar which is extremely strong.
Well now, you know it is a multimillion dollar industry.
It is a one-dollar coin, Sabina, so the punishment may be severe.
Yes, it is usually nine dollars, but he wanted to go someplace without hobbyhorses.
It actually is a billion dollars.
20 on the dollar it is.
Or - think about it - that 60,000 dollars is more than what it costs to send one person to Harvard as well.
The cost of the demobilization and substitution of the team of the army... that is finished six times more rapidly of the normal thing... it is 160.000 million dollars.
Now, all I want to know is what is it worth in dollars and cents?
He went on to point out that "oil was 10 dollars a barrel at the beginning of the decade... it is almost 100 dollars a barrel now and if China doesn't stop producing cars it will be 230 dollars a barrel in a few years".
a morning is making its routine, reading the newspaper as usual. Revisa its numbers of lottery... and sees that it has a ticket that it is worth two million dollars.
Happiness, love, world peace it is the 6 million dollar question, isn't it?
How much is this Big Mac worth? Is it worth 25 dollars?
We must not forget that the current strength of the euro as a world currency is also a result of a weak dollar - it is not all down to the strength of the euro itself.
The management principle is dollars and cents.
The only one that I don't have is dollars.
This is dollar per person. This is HIV in the countries.
Moreover, as Asian countries peg their currencies to the dollar, the dollar depreciation could affect disproportionately the euro-dollar exchange rate, thus adversely affecting the nascent European economic recovery.
The DOLLAR() function converts a number to text using currency format, with the decimals rounded to the specified place. Although the name is DOLLAR, this function will do the conversion according to the current locale.
This is John Anthony the million-dollar man with the billion-dollar plan.

Alternatives:

it is in dollars
it is denominated in dollars
it is expressed in dollars
it is in the currency of dollars
it is in the amount of dollars

it costs dollars

This phrase is correct when referring to the price of something.

This phrase is used to indicate the price of an item or service in dollars, for example, 'The new phone costs 500 dollars.'