Signs and Symbols Frequently Used

Signs and Symbols Frequently Used

+ add; addition sign; north;

£ pound (libra) sign—used uni- plus

$M Malay(sian) dollar(s)

versally for monetary units & and (ampersand)

$Mal Malay(sian) dollar(s)

such as the Australian, Brit- &c etcetera (and so forth)

$Mex Mexican peso(s)

ish, Egyptian, Gambian, Gha- * asterisk

$NT New Taiwan dollar(s)

nian, Irish, Israeli, Jamaican, @ at, because

$NZ New Zealand dollar(s)

Lebanese, Libyan, Malawi, ¢ centavo; centime; cent(s)

$RD Republica Dominicana

New Zealand, Nigerian, © copyright

peso(s)—Dominican Repub-

South African, Sudanese, °°°° degree(s)

lic monetary unit(s)

Syrian, Turkish, Western Sa- °°°° ′′′′ ″″″″ degrees, minutes, seconds

$S Singapore dollar(s)

moan, Zambian pound (used to measure latitude

$T Taiwan dollar(s); trade dol-

£A pound Australian north and south of the Equa-

lar(s); Trinidad(ian) and To-

£E pound Egyptian (United tor and longitude east or west

bago(nian) dollar(s)

Arab Republic) of the Greenwich meridian)

$TT Tr i n i d a d ( i a n ) a n d

£G pound Gambian; pound ÷ divide; divided by; division ÷ ÷÷

Tobago(nian) dollar(s)

Ghanian sign

$Ur Uruguayan peso(s)

£I pound Irish; pound Israeli $ dollar sign—used universally

$US United States dollar(s)

(also shown as I£) for monetary units as diverse

[also shown as US$, as are

£J pound Jamaican as Nicaraguan cordobas; Bra-

other monetary units where

£L pound Lebanese; pound zilian cruzeiros; Australian,

national designations often

Libyan Bahamian, Barbadian, British

precede dollar sign: C$—

£M pound Malawi Honduran, Canadian, Ethio-

Canadian dollar(s), HK$—

£N pound Nigerian pian, Guyanian, Hong Kong-

Hong Kong dollar(s)]

£NZ pound New Zealand (also ese, Levantine, Liberian, Ma-

$VN Vietnamese dollar(s)

l a y s i a n , N ew Z e a l a n d , shown as NZ£) Taiwan, trade, Trinidadian-

$WI West Indian dollar(s);

£S pound sterling; pound Tobagonian, U.S., Vietnam-

West Indies dollar(s)

Sudanese; pound Syrian ese, West Indian, yuan dol-

$Y yuan dollar(s)

£SAf pound South African lars; Portuguese escudos; 乆 female

= equality; equals; equal to

(also shown as SAf£) Honduran lempiras; Brazilian

£/s/d pounds, shillings, and milreis; Chilean, Colombian,

G Paraguayan guarani(s)

pence Cuban, Dominican, Mexican,

K certified kosher

£T pound Turkish Philippine, Uruguayan pesos;

LC Cyrian pound(s)

£WS pound Western Samoan Peruvian soles (often with a

LR Rhodesian pound(s)

£Z pound Zambian lower-case dollar sign, $);

么 male

R registered Chinese yuans

– minus; south; subtract; sub-

R x prescription; receipt; rec- $A Australian dollar(s)

traction sign

ipe; response; reverse $b Bolivian peso(s)

× multiplication sign; multi-

/ shilling mark; slash; solidus; $B Bahamian, Barbadian, Brit-

plied by; multiply

virgule ish dollar(s)

≥ equal to or greater than

T’ai-chi-T’u (Chinese—yin $BH British Honduran dollar(s)

≤ equal to or less than

and yang)—ancient symbol $C Brazilian cruzeiro(s);

> greater than

for the diagram of the su- Canadian dollar(s)

< less than

preme ultimate $Col Colombian peso(s)

Ⰷ much greater than

Ⰶ much less than

∴ ∴ ∴ therefore ∴

Union of Orthodox Jewish $E Ethiopian dollar(s)

d pence

# fracture(s) (medical); num-

Congregations of America $Eth Ethiopian dollar(s)

ber(s) or pound(s) (commer-

(symbol for kosher product $G Guyanian dollar(s)

cial); sharp(s) (musical);

approved for detergent or di- $HK Hong Kong dollar(s)

space(s) (typographical); tic-

etary use) $K $ 1 0 0 0 ( e . g . , $ 1 3 K =

tac-toe (game symbol); zinc

XMA$ (symbol—commer- $13,000)

(alchemical)

cialized Christmas) $L Levant(ine) dollar(s)—

P Philippine peso(s)

Y Japanese yen Maria Theresa thaler(s); Li-

% percent

y&y yin and yang (see berian dollar(s)

+ plus; north

± plus or minus

T’ai-chi-T’u)

States, Nations