POUND SIGN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pound sign mean? 

• POUND SIGN (noun)
  The noun POUND SIGN has 1 sense:

1. a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)

  Familiarity information: POUND SIGN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POUND SIGN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

pound; pound sign

Hypernyms ("pound sign" is a kind of...):

symbol (an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance)