Questions tagged [money]
This tag is for questions about money. Furthermore it is for questions regarding monetary units (e.g. dollar, pound, euro, cents, etc...). For questions about the financial sector in general use the tag finance.
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How to deal with currency symbols when combined with other units
It seems that pretty much all documentation I've read is clear on where to place the currency symbol when dealing with currency amounts in English (let us assume English from UK for this example):
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How to make clear that I am referring to USD in writing smoothly? [closed]
I want to write the following:
The whole apparatus cost less than 30 dollars
Seems natural and attractive to me. Now, how do I make clear that I am referring to USD here? My alternatives are given ...
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Can I write ~€100 to denote an approximate amount of 100 euros? [closed]
I am currently using the expression “~€100” to symbolically denote an approximate amount of one hundred euros. However, I’m not sure whether the symbol ~ followed by the symbol € and the amount of ...
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Correct order for prices per unit
In English, currencies should go before the number (i.e. €24.47). Other units should go after (i.e. 3 m2).
But what is the correct order when you mean to give a price per unit (using the slash sign ...
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What can I generically call an "amount" without cents? [closed]
There is a web application that actively works with money. Inside it, all amounts that are in cents (pennies, sen, etc.) are called "cents" for simplicity. This is necessary, for example, ...
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Is there a word for the name or base unit of a currency?
Many currencies are named using the following pattern: {adjectival form of their country of issue} {base unit}
Examples:
Portuguese escudo
Turkish lira
Similarly, dollar is not a currency, but the ...
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Old typographical symbol for Scots pound
I came across this typographical symbol in a book from the late 1800s that I am digitizing, where it is used as a symbol for the old (pre 1700) Scottish pound. My question - does it have a name? An ...
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Why is “one hundreds” in plural form on this stack of hundred dollar bills?
To me, two hundreds of books or one hundred of books is natural.
Why is “one hundreds” in the picture in plural form?
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What word means "change in wealth over time?"
Over at https://money.stackexchange.com/q/146575/75566 we haven't come up with an English word that unambiguously means "change in wealth over time." My perhaps naïve first shot at this was &...
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A word for something you give and the receiver knows you will come back to get it? [closed]
What’s the word for something you give someone to ensure that you will come back to get it? For example, if you get a loan, you have to list your valuable assets so they can take those if you don’t ...
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What is Skinn & Sheer in the Ambrose Bierce fable: The Rainmaker?
In the tale of Ambrose Bierce - The Rainmaker it is said the following:
hat is a pretty good joke," said the Reporter, laughing as well as he could in the strangling rain - "a mule driver's ...
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What's the word for "unclassily direct about money"?
In typical American culture, and likely in many others, money is supposed to be something we don't discuss too directly and well-mannered people are expected to use words that maintain a few feet of ...
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What is it called when someone pays more for a service for personal gain? [closed]
Let's say someone works for a company. They decide to hire a friend to do a service for said company and pay their friend way above market price for said service at the expense of the company. What ...
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Does the currency sign (¤) go before, or after the amount?
Should the currency sign (¤) come before, or after the amount of money?
Should it be "¤ 1.00", or "1.00 ¤"?
Should there be a space between ¤ and the amount?
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How to say non-USD currencies
How would someone say the following when spoken (i.e. a financial report):
USD currently trading at SGD $1.36
I think both (A), (B), (C) below are valid and common (using the bold word before the ...
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