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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
Recent Examples on the Web
Less than 1% of all Mexican restaurants nationwide have a rating of three or four dollar signs on Yelp, according to Pew Research Center.
—USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2024
That massive market and low cost of entry ($3,000 per share) look like dollar signs to crowdfunding investors.
—Allbusiness, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
This damsel has been viewed as a human dollar sign, an offering and someone expected to be pretty and keep quiet.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2024
There’s no talking about anything without a dollar sign being attached to it.
—Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2024
Last week, a cartoon was circulated on Instagram by pro-Palestinian student groups, showing a hand marked with a star of David and a dollar sign holding nooses around the necks of a Black man and an Arab.
—Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024
Copied from a newsletter published by students in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, the image features a Black man and an Arab man with nooses around their necks, held by a hand imprinted with the Star of David that has a dollar sign in the middle of the star.
—NBC News, 21 Feb. 2024
The drawing shows a white hand, marked with a dollar sign inside a Star of David, tightening nooses around the necks of a Black man and an Arab man.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024
For Max and his team, selling insurance isn’t just policies and dollar signs.
—Kyle Russell, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1881, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near dollar sign
Cite this Entry
“Dollar sign.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dollar%20sign. Accessed 8 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
dollar sign
noun
: a mark $ or $ placed before a number to indicate that it stands for dollars
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