"cost mark" meaning in All languages combined

See cost mark on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: cost marks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cost mark (plural cost marks)
  1. Any of a series of usually arbitrary codes used by jewelers to communicate prices secretly.
    Sense id: en-cost_mark-en-noun-R-KBw~at Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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