dollar sign

noun

: a mark $ placed before a number to indicate that it stands for dollars

called also dollar mark

Examples of dollar sign in a Sentence

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The team has since deleted its promotional videos on Instagram and YouTube showing women with dollar signs in their eyes and one woman having just left a jewelry store with a large ring on her finger. Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 2025 Anybody paying attention knows that NIL and the transfer portal have forever changed the landscape of college sports, particularly the ones with major dollar signs involved. Seattle Times, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025 For Nantz, golf immortality doesn’t have a dollar sign attached to it. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 11 Apr. 2025 With this concept, the city benefits from the additional housing, plus modernizes library infrastructure without direct public funding, therefore addressing the rising costs of maintaining aging library facilities, which can require significant repairs and big dollar signs. Jennifer Castenson, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dollar sign

Word History

First Known Use

1881, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dollar sign was in 1881

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“Dollar sign.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dollar%20sign. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

dollar sign

noun
: a mark $ or $ placed before a number to indicate that it stands for dollars
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