The phrase "a dollar back for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a refund or reimbursement, typically in a financial context.
Example: "If you return the item, you'll get a dollar back for each product you purchased."
Alternatives: "a refund of a dollar for" or "a dollar reimbursement for".
I want a dollar back for you toying with my concept of reality.
Taxpayers got more than a dollar back for every dollar they asked for".
Even though investors are not now guaranteed they will receive a dollar back for every one invested, a floating net asset value would underscore the prospect of losses, highlight fluctuations in value and provide more transparency.
A look at net federal tax burdens by state reveals that with the exception of Texas (which more or less gets a dollar back for each one it sends to Washington), these states typically have no problem accepting government largesse.
And just this morning, Comcast announced multi-million dollar backing for online education resource Khan Academy in hopes of attracting more low-income families to its reduced-price broadband service.
Perhaps the most satisfying cases we've made relate to the protection of low-wage workers, who are immigrants often, who come to this country, often cannot find counsel, and they are working seventy, eighty hours a week for a buck-fifty an hour — violations of the law, and we have managed to get millions and millions of dollars back for them.
Lawrence responded, "Just give me five dollars back for the bus".
Prescription drugs are expensive, but drug companies pour 20 cents of every sales dollar back into research for new and better drugs.
I asked the homeless guy for my dollar back.
WASHINGTON — Representative Harold Rogers toiled on the House Appropriations Committee for 28 years, using the plum assignment to ship tens of millions of federal dollars back home for projects in his rural Kentucky district.
My té con leche had set me back a dollar, and, as for my flight from London to Vitoria-Gasteiz, it had cost one British penny.
