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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Schwarzenegger is one of many to chip in big dollar signs for Los Angeles fire relief; DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg and his wife Marilyn pledged $5 million to the Motion Picture & Television Foundation on Wednesday. Zoe G. Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2025 The cartoon features satirical drawings of Bezos, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg holding up bags with dollar signs to Trump, who is on a pedestal. Dan Mangan,annie Palmer, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2025 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 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 6 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

dollar sign

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