dollar sign
noun
: a mark $ placed before a number to indicate that it stands for dollars
called also dollar mark
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People in all-black, face-covering suits also hold bags labeled with dollar signs and drop money into piles.
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Angela Yang, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
The website claims that 10,000 local jobs would be jeopardized and that rate changes would underwrite OUC’s lavish expenses, a claim made beneath an illustration of dollar signs and a fresh martini.
—Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2024
Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman entered free agency with dollar signs on his mind.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
Those are dollar signs that even Netflix may be unable to ignore.
—Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2024
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Angela Yang, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
The website claims that 10,000 local jobs would be jeopardized and that rate changes would underwrite OUC’s lavish expenses, a claim made beneath an illustration of dollar signs and a fresh martini.
—Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2024
Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman entered free agency with dollar signs on his mind.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
Those are dollar signs that even Netflix may be unable to ignore.
—Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for dollar sign
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“Dollar sign.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dollar%20sign. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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