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dollar sign

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dollar sign
n.
The symbol ($), used mainly to indicate a dollar amount.
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Noun1.dollar signdollar sign - a symbol of commercialism or greed; "he worships the almighty dollar"; "the dollar sign means little to him"
dollar mark, dollar
symbol - an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance
2.dollar sign - a mark ($) written before a number to indicate that it stands for the number of dollars
dollar mark
mark - a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation); "his answer was just a punctuation mark"


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I usually find that while students use the dollar sign to show one dollar (writing $1, for example), they rely on the cents sign to show amounts less than one dollar (23 cents instead of $0.
Making "cents" of decimals: expert advice on using pocket change to ... by Burns, Marilyn / Instructor (1990)
In making his case for business tax reform, he adapted the findings of the Kosmont-Rose Institute Cost of Doing Business Survey, which uses dollar signs to signify which cities have the highest taxes and fees.
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Note that the first B is preceded by a dollar sign, so it is absolute, but the second B is not, so it is relative; thus, wherever YTD is used, it will refer to the range of columns from column B to the current column.
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