An S crossed by one or two vertical strokes, used for dollar and peso currencies.
Also known as: Peso sign, Buck symbol, Money sign
The dollar sign marks dollar and peso currencies in many countries, not only the United States. Its origin is generally traced to the Spanish-American peso, though the details are debated.
Marks an amount in a dollar or peso currency — used by many countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, Mexico and Argentina, often with a prefix letter to distinguish them.
The sign identifies a family of currencies, not a single country. US$, CA$ and A$ disambiguate where context does not.
Contexts: Software
Is generally traced to the Spanish-American peso and abbreviations used in colonial commerce; competing accounts exist and the specific derivation is not settled.
Popular explanations involving a US monogram are widely repeated but not established. Recorded here as contested rather than resolved.
18th century onward · Contexts: Software
Introduces variables in several programming languages and shell environments, a convention unrelated to money.
Contexts: Software
A letter S with one or two vertical strokes running through it.
The same character. In a regular expression it anchors a pattern to the end of a line and has nothing to do with money.