Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

currency sign

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.29 in modern English

Syllables
cur-ren-cy sign
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any graphic symbol used as a shorthand for a currency's name, especially in reference to amounts of money.

noun

A specific graphic symbol (¤) which replaced the dollar sign ($) in some international text encoding systems, starting with ISO 646.

Inflected Forms

currency signs (plural)

Phrases

currency code

Frequently Paired Words

currency code

Synonyms

currency symbol louse scarab sputnik

Questions

What does currency sign mean?
Any graphic symbol used as a shorthand for a currency's name, especially in reference to amounts of money.

How to pronounce currency sign

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