dollar sign

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noun

the symbol $ before a number indicating that the number represents dollars.

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Origin of dollar sign

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

Words nearby dollar sign

dollar diplomacy, dollarfish, dollar gap, dollarization, dollars-and-cents, dollar sign, dollarspot, dollars to doughnuts, it's, dollar store, dollarwise, dolled up

How to use dollar sign in a sentence

The dollar sign icon leads you to the payments hub where you can send and receive money, international remittances, donations, and pay bills.
PayPal will now pay you interest, and offer other bank-like features|Charlotte Hu|September 22, 2021|Popular-Science
There were piles of clothes that were little more than strips of fabric, covered in lace and leopard print, rhinestones and dollar signs.
Sex-trafficked kids are crime victims. In Las Vegas, they still go to jail.|Jessica Contrera|August 26, 2021|Washington Post
Anytime you put dollar signs and human beings in the same sentence, you have a recipe for disaster.
The Baby Brokers: Inside America’s Murky Private-Adoption Industry|Tik Root|June 3, 2021|Time
Both clients ended up working with us again because we treated them as partners, not just dollar signs.
Ready to go out on your own? Building a digital marketing business from scratch|Jamar Ramos|May 5, 2021|Search Engine Land

Most of the growth in the finance industry over the past thirty years has involved putting dollar signs next to new realms of human existence, such as water – or, through futures and other derivatives, on the uncertainties of time itself.
Money should flow like water … but should water be like money?|dzanemorris|December 9, 2020|Fortune
They had intended riding along the Dollar Sign road, past Talpers's and the agency, and back to their camp.
Mystery Ranch|Arthur Chapman
Also she did not like to ride past the hill on the Dollar Sign road, with its hints of unsolved mystery.
Mystery Ranch|Arthur Chapman
All this was printed, except the figures "41,000," even the dollar-sign.
True Detective Stories|Cleveland Moffett
Take, for instance, the dollar sign ($), which every one knows and loves—to a more or less extent.
Harper's Round Table, September 24, 1895|Various
The Dollar Sign is too far off the main road to admit of that theory.
Mystery Ranch|Arthur Chapman