dollar sign
noun
: a mark $ placed before a number to indicate that it stands for dollars
called also dollar mark
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web For example, finding the dollar sign or an asterisk is pretty straightforward. 
Yoni Heisler, BGR, 18 Apr. 2022 In the United States, many signals tell us to put a dollar sign beside our hobbies, those activities that purely bring us happiness. Alex Wagner, SPIN, 20 Apr. 2022 Then, le deluge — television, a specter haunting Hollywood since at least 1927 when the first video pictures were transmitted onto a small screen (among the first images, symbolically enough, was a dollar sign), was siphoning away audiences. Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2022 Quick—remember to include your unique referral code for a seventy-five-dollar sign-up bonus! Nate Odenkirk, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2021 Apple can now put an exact dollar sign on how much people are willing to pay for an iPhone with USB-C: $86,001. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 12 Nov. 2021 The other two figures are Monopoly’s interpretation of Scrooge McDuck holding a bright green money bag with gold coins laying at his feet, and a dollar sign with diamonds and dollar bills painted on it, along with the Jacob & Co. logo. Roberta Naas, Forbes, 7 July 2021 This suggestion applies to just about anything with a dollar sign attached to it—stocks, rent in Manhattan, and, yes, digital assets. John Detrixhe, Quartz, 9 Sep. 2021 Our team is here to serve as a financial education resource and prides itself on providing concise and relatable explanations of investment and planning concepts, along with offering guidance for 'anything in a client’s life with a dollar sign’. Jason Katz, Forbes, 29 June 2021 See More
Yoni Heisler, BGR, 18 Apr. 2022 In the United States, many signals tell us to put a dollar sign beside our hobbies, those activities that purely bring us happiness. Alex Wagner, SPIN, 20 Apr. 2022 Then, le deluge — television, a specter haunting Hollywood since at least 1927 when the first video pictures were transmitted onto a small screen (among the first images, symbolically enough, was a dollar sign), was siphoning away audiences. Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2022 Quick—remember to include your unique referral code for a seventy-five-dollar sign-up bonus! Nate Odenkirk, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2021 Apple can now put an exact dollar sign on how much people are willing to pay for an iPhone with USB-C: $86,001. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 12 Nov. 2021 The other two figures are Monopoly’s interpretation of Scrooge McDuck holding a bright green money bag with gold coins laying at his feet, and a dollar sign with diamonds and dollar bills painted on it, along with the Jacob & Co. logo. Roberta Naas, Forbes, 7 July 2021 This suggestion applies to just about anything with a dollar sign attached to it—stocks, rent in Manhattan, and, yes, digital assets. John Detrixhe, Quartz, 9 Sep. 2021 Our team is here to serve as a financial education resource and prides itself on providing concise and relatable explanations of investment and planning concepts, along with offering guidance for 'anything in a client’s life with a dollar sign’. Jason Katz, Forbes, 29 June 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1881, in the meaning defined above