Other Uses
The dollar sign is also used in library cataloging to represent subsections.
Also, it is used derisively to indicate greed or excess money such as in "Micro$oft", "George Luca$", "Lar$ Ulrich", Di$ney, and "Ke$ha"; to imply supposed dependency on the United States as in "I$rael"; or supposed overt Americanisation as in "$ky". In 1872, Ambrose Bierce referred to the California Governor as ₤eland $tanford.
In Scrabble notation, a dollar sign is placed after a word to indicate that it is valid according to the North American word lists, but not according to the British word lists.
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