"$" meaning in All languages combined

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Character [Translingual]

Etymology: $ appears to have evolved ca 1775 in the United States from a common abbreviation for pesos, also known as piastres or pieces of eight, a P/raised-S ligature P^S that passed through a stage resembling ֆ. It was used in the US before the adoption of the dollar in 1785. (computing): This sense is the result of homophony between English cache and cash, dollars being a form of cash. Etymology templates: {{sense|computing}} (computing):, {{der|mul|en|cache}} English cache, {{m|en|cash}} cash Head templates: {{head|mul|letter}} $
  1. A substitute for the letter S, used as a symbol of money or (perceived) greed in business practices. Tags: letter Derived forms (money or greed): English: CO$ (english: Church of Scientology)
    Sense id: en-$-mul-character-g2POqZeB Disambiguation of 'money or greed': 91 9
  2. A substitute for the letter S, used as a censored or filter-avoidance spelling. Tags: letter Derived forms (censored or filter-avoidance): English: @$$ (english: ass)
    Sense id: en-$-mul-character-1QaoqQWr Disambiguation of 'censored or filter-avoidance': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Micro$oft, M$, M$FT (english: Microsoft), $cientology [Scientology, religion, lifestyle], le$bian (english: lesbian)

Noun [Translingual]

Etymology: $ appears to have evolved ca 1775 in the United States from a common abbreviation for pesos, also known as piastres or pieces of eight, a P/raised-S ligature P^S that passed through a stage resembling ֆ. It was used in the US before the adoption of the dollar in 1785. (computing): This sense is the result of homophony between English cache and cash, dollars being a form of cash. Etymology templates: {{sense|computing}} (computing):, {{der|mul|en|cache}} English cache, {{m|en|cash}} cash Head templates: {{head|mul|noun}} $
  1. money
    Sense id: en-$-mul-noun-jSrItY6t
  2. (used everywhere except in the Philippines) peso
    Sense id: en-$-mul-noun-zWz7FZO6
  3. dollar
    Sense id: en-$-mul-noun-WI0sHR8j
  4. escudo
    Sense id: en-$-mul-noun-EuGq1X9z
  5. (computing) cache Categories (topical): Computing Derived forms (cache): English: D$ (english: data cache)
    Sense id: en-$-mul-noun-Xh7O4Gp~ Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'cache': 0 3 0 3 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: $$$ (english: (rating) expensive) [money, finance, business], $$$ (english: large amount of money) [English] [money, finance, business], O$P$ (english: owe money, pay money) [English] [money, finance, business], I$ (english: instruction cache)

Symbol [Translingual]

Etymology: $ appears to have evolved ca 1775 in the United States from a common abbreviation for pesos, also known as piastres or pieces of eight, a P/raised-S ligature P^S that passed through a stage resembling ֆ. It was used in the US before the adoption of the dollar in 1785. (computing): This sense is the result of homophony between English cache and cash, dollars being a form of cash. Etymology templates: {{sense|computing}} (computing):, {{der|mul|en|cache}} English cache, {{m|en|cash}} cash Head templates: {{head|mul|symbol}} $
  1. The symbol for the dollar and peso, or by convention, other currency. Derived forms (currency): A$, AU$ (english: Australian dollar), C$ (english: córdoba), NT$ (english: New Taiwan dollar), NZ$ (english: New Zealand dollar), R$ (english: real), C$ (english: Canadian dollar; Confederate dollar) [English], U$ [English], US$ (english: United States dollar) [English]
    Sense id: en-$-mul-symbol-MWlzQ6xG Categories (other): Currency symbols Disambiguation of Currency symbols: 6 2 10 15 10 14 6 24 10 3 Disambiguation of 'currency': 71 23 5
  2. The unofficial symbol for the escudo.
    Sense id: en-$-mul-symbol-ggyQYY8-
  3. (programming) Prefix indicating a variable in some languages, like Perl, PHP, shell scripts. Categories (topical): Programming Derived forms (variable): English: $DEITY (english: generic deity)
    Sense id: en-$-mul-symbol-wUVs1UGM Categories (other): Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Translingual terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Translingual entries with incorrect language header: 25 5 1 2 1 2 20 6 1 38 Disambiguation of Translingual terms with redundant script codes: 19 5 1 3 1 3 19 4 2 44 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences Disambiguation of 'variable': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ؋ – afghani, ฿ – baht, ₿ – bitcoin, ¢ (english: cent), ₡ – colón, ₵ – cedi, – cifrão, Ð – dogecoin, ₫ – dong, ֏ (english: dram), (english: euro), ƒ – florin, guilder, gulden, ₲ – guarani, ₴ – hryvnia, ₭ – kip, ₾ – lari, (english: Turkish lira), ₼ – manat, (english: mill), ₦ – naira, (english: Philippine peso), £, (english: pound/lira), ﷼ – rial, riyal, ៛ – riel, ރ – rufiyaa, ₽ – ruble, (english: rupee), (english: rupee), (english: Indian rupee), (in Gujarat) (english: rupee), ₪ – new shekel, ⃀ – som, , ৳ – taka, ₸ – tenge, ₮ – tugrik, tether, (english: won), ¥ (english: yen/yuan), 𐆚 (english: Roman as), ₳ – austral, ₠ – ECU (english: European Currency Unit), ₢$ – cruzeiro, 𐆖 (english: Roman denarius), ₯ – drachma, (english: French franc), ₶ – livre tournois, (english: mark), ₧ – peseta, (english: pfennig), 𐆘 (english: Roman sesterce), ₷ – spesmilo, – old Israeli shekel, sheqel

Alternative forms

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          "english": "How to provide additional D$ bandwidth?",
          "text": "2010 Fall, U Penn CIS501 lecture noteshttps://www.cis.upenn.edu/~milom/cis501-Fall10/lectures/07_superscalar.pdf",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "؋ – afghani"
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      "word": "฿ – baht"
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      "english": "Turkish lira",
      "word": "₺"
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      "word": "₼ – manat"
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      "word": "₥"
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      "english": "Philippine peso",
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      "word": "﷼ – rial"
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      "word": "ރ – rufiyaa"
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      "word": "₽ – ruble"
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    {
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      "roman": "in Gujarat",
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      "word": "₪ – new shekel"
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      "word": "৳ – taka"
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      "word": "₸ – tenge"
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      "english": "Roman as",
      "word": "𐆚"
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      "english": "ass",
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      "word": "tether"
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      "english": "won",
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      "english": "yen/yuan",
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    {
      "english": "Roman as",
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      "word": "₳ – austral"
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      "english": "European Currency Unit",
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      "word": "₢$ – cruzeiro"
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    {
      "english": "Roman denarius",
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    {
      "english": "French franc",
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    {
      "word": "₶ – livre tournois"
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