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