pound sign

noun

1. a symbol (£) for “pound” or “pounds” as a monetary unit of the United Kingdom.
2. a symbol (#) for “pound” or “pounds” as a unit of weight or mass:

   20# bond paper stock.

3. the symbol (#) used for various purposes.

Example Sentences

"Myself and Clive's family and friends are heartbroken about the loss of him. You can never put a pound sign on anybody's life."

From BBC

The partner of a man killed in a fish farm accident said a pound sign could not be put on a life after his employer was fined more than £800,000.

From BBC

And what, if anything, a yellow pound sign had to do with nudism was never clear.

From Slate

Google says the feature is off by default — probably a good choice, as it’s easy to imagine a lot of people getting confused if typing a pound sign in front of something automatically switched it to be a header — and that it’s coming to “Google Workspace customers, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customer,” alongside personal accounts.

From The Verge

The Washington state Department of Health instructs people to contact the DOH COVID-19 hotline at 1-800-525-0127 and press the pound sign to report the positive result from an over-the-counter test.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• hash mark
• hash sign
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