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Definition 2024
dollar_sign
dollar sign
See also: dollar-sign
English
Noun
dollar sign (plural dollar signs)
- punctuation symbol $, used to indicate a price in dollars.
- The total with tax is $1.05.
- (programming) in certain languages (such as Perl or PHP), to indicate a variable.
- (programming) in certain languages, used to indicate a hexadecimal constant.
- (programming) in certain languages, used to indicate a constant.
- (programming) in certain languages (such as BASIC), to indicate a variable or a constant containing text (a string) as opposed to a number.
- (programming) in regular expressions, used to indicated the end of the string/line.
Translations
punctuation symbol $
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programming: used to indicate a variable
programming: used to indicate a hexadecimal constant
programming: used to indicate a constant
programming: used to inidcate a variable or constant containing text
See also
Currency signs
Formerly used currency signs