Lexic.us

Definition of Dollar mark

1. Noun. A symbol of commercialism or greed. "The dollar sign means little to him"

2. Noun. A mark ($) written before a number to indicate that it stands for the number of dollars.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dollar Mark

dolioform doliolum dolium doll doll's eye sign doll's eyes doll's house doll's houses doll up dollar

dollar-sign dollar bill dollar day dollar days dollar diplomacy dollar mark (current term) dollar sign dollar signs dollar store dollar stores

dollar volume dollardee dollardees dollared dollarfish dollarfishes dollarisation dollarization dollarize dollarized

Literary usage of Dollar mark

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"dollar-mark is a resuscitation of an old Spanish symbol, and that in its turn was the revival of an older custom. For though the Tyrians were not the first ..."

2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1878)
"FAC-SIMILE OF ELABORATE AND ELEGANT SIDE-STAMP, except title and dollar-mark are In gold. TRADE PREDICTIONS,—"Go sure." " Bound lo sell " " Has clear track. ..."

3. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1905)
"The use of the dollar mark, or an abbreviation for dollars, and a dot cutting off two figures for cents, is admissible in pleading. Fulenwider v. ..."

4. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1853)
"Here it is:— "I have observed in the several prints, lately, some amusing attempts to make a mystery out of a very simple matter—I mean the dollar mark, ..."

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