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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.
—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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Word History
First Known Use
1881, in the meaning defined above
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“Dollar sign.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dollar%20sign. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
dollar sign
noun
: a mark $ or $ placed before a number to indicate that it stands for dollars
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