dollar sign
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dollar sign
n.
The symbol ($), used mainly to indicate a dollar amount.
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dol′lar sign`
n.
the symbol $ before a number indicating that the number represents dollars.
[1855–60, Amer.]
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| Noun | 1. |  dollar sign - a symbol of commercialism or greed; "he worships the almighty dollar"; "the dollar sign means little to him"symbol - an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance |
| 2. | dollar sign - a mark ($) written before a number to indicate that it stands for the number of dollars mark - a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation); "his answer was just a punctuation mark" |
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