currency sign

English

Noun

currency sign (plural currency signs)

Any graphic symbol used as a shorthand for a currency's name, especially in reference to amounts of money.
(computing, text encoding) A specific graphic symbol (¤) which replaced the dollar sign ($) in some international text encoding systems, starting with w:ISO 646.

Synonyms

(¤) louse, sputnik, currency symbol, currency placeholder

See also

currency code

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