pound sign
Americannoun
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a symbol (£) for “pound” or “pounds” as a monetary unit of the United Kingdom.
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a symbol (#) for “pound” or “pounds” as a unit of weight or mass.
20# bond paper stock.
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the symbol (#) used for various purposes.
Example Sentences
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The partner of a man killed in a fish farm accident said a pound sign could not be put on a life after his employer was fined more than £800,000.
From BBC • May 9, 2023
The Washington state Department of Health instructs people to contact the DOH COVID-19 hotline at 1-800-525-0127 and press the pound sign to report the positive result from an over-the-counter test.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2022
When I began writing an op-ed column in 2005, a hashtag was little more than the pound sign you press for more options on a phone menu.
From The Guardian • Sep. 1, 2018
Sure, it’s probably way more than Eric Trump was hoping to reveal when he typed that pound sign, but sometimes your worldview just seeps through.
From Slate • Aug. 17, 2018
A capital L preceding a number, denotes the British monetary pound sign.
From History of the Mackenzies, with genealogies of the principal families of the name by Mackenzie, Alexander
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