dollar mark
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- noun
- /ˈdɑːlər mɑrk/
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signo del dólar
- In 1972, Southern Baptists passed twelve million in membership, set a record in the number of baptisms, and reached the billion-dollar mark in total receipts.
- million-dollar mark
- billion-dollar mark
- trillion-dollar mark
Examples
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I'm with the rest of the pack in thinking this will come in between the two and three hundred dollar mark.
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30 years ago, our national debt had just crossed the one trillion dollar mark.
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Less than 4 years later, we have crossed the 15 trillion dollar mark.
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During 2008, our national debt crossed the 10 trillion dollar mark.
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Just recently, it crossed the 16 trillion dollar mark.
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For the first time in history, a political campaign will hit the billion-dollar mark.
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We estimate, by 2027, this figure should reach the trillion dollar mark.
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As I wrote about a few days ago, total student loan debt in the United States recently surpassed the one trillion dollar mark.
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Total receipts reached $1,071,512,302, passing the billion-dollar mark for the first time, an increase of $96,239,363.
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In 2021, the company's revenue surpassed the five million-dollar mark for the first time.
Synonyms
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A mark, like a letter, that stands for something
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A symbol written before a number to show dollars
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'dollar' (a monetary unit) with 'mark' (a symbol or sign); together they transparently denote the symbol used to indicate dollars. This noun+noun compounding is a regular, cross-linguistically common pattern (compare 'dollar sign', 'euro sign'), so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand it.
Etymology
The term dollar mark comes from the small sign '$' that people put before a number to show 'dollars'. One popular story says the sign began when people wrote 'ps' for Spanish pesos and the letters were written on top of each other, making an S with a line, so the dollar mark now tells you the amount is money.