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.
79
questions
1
vote
0
answers
42
views
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 ...
- 143
3
votes
2
answers
242
views
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 ...
- 49
0
votes
1
answer
337
views
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, ...
- 109
3
votes
1
answer
141
views
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 ...
0
votes
1
answer
58
views
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 ...
- 623
9
votes
3
answers
4k
views
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?
- 2,698
7
votes
1
answer
261
views
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 &...
- 201
0
votes
3
answers
69
views
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 ...
1
vote
1
answer
38
views
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 ...
1
vote
3
answers
68
views
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 ...
1
vote
0
answers
15
views
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 ...
- 11
0
votes
1
answer
516
views
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?
- 371
1
vote
1
answer
98
views
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 ...
- 41
1
vote
0
answers
688
views
Use of singular or plural form for decimal money units
According to these following articles:
The Chicago Manual of Style Online:Numbers: Q. When referring to decimals from zero to one, are they singular or plural?
Stack Exchage (English Language & ...
- 41
0
votes
1
answer
80
views
A question about former British currency [closed]
Does "eight-and-sixpence" mean "eight shillings and six pence"?
- 23
2
votes
0
answers
67
views
In need of accurate translations for "discount" [closed]
I’m writing a program for point of sales work. Thus, in my code, I need to
name things (in English) related to concerns like "Store", "Sales",
"Price", etc.
I’m now ...
- 121
1
vote
1
answer
414
views
"X dollars' worth of Y" construction with "USD"
My question is similar to "Dollars' worth" vs. "dollars worth" for numerals but for numerals that are followed by a currency abbreviation.
When it's spelled out, it's clear ...
- 163
0
votes
0
answers
170
views
What does advance up to $500 mean in this context?
Text:
For this project, you will buy between $5 - $1,000 USD (no minimum) worth of goods (which you will actually get to keep!) and submit your receipts for reimbursement.
This means that you ...
- 159
0
votes
2
answers
139
views
Is there a word or phrase for the price for all units combined?
Unit price * quantity equals what? For example if widgets have a $10 unit price, and a customer buys 3, then what is the $30 amount called? Total doesn't work since there could be other products ...
0
votes
1
answer
48
views
Term for "final accounting for an employee"?
What do you call the process undertaken when an employee has concluded their employment with some employer, of what amounts of money the employee is due, and what they need to return or reimburse, on ...
- 3,425
2
votes
1
answer
563
views
Is there any connection between 1 bit = 1/8 dollar and 1 bit = 1/8 byte?
I always thought the 1/8 ratio of bit/dollar was the inspiration for the bit/byte naming scheme, but I can't seem to find any evidence for this in my admittedly limited research.
Wikipedia claims ...
- 149
1
vote
0
answers
157
views
currency in the millions as an adjective
Would it be:
1) It was a $24-million project.
or
2) It was a $24 million project.
I'm thinking (2), although if I were to write it out as words, I would write "a 24-million-dollar project." But in ...
- 11
3
votes
4
answers
3k
views
Currency with 3+ decimals in words
How would you express currency that has over 2 decimals?
For example if you said €65.37 that would be "sixty five euros and thirty seven cents".
If you have €65.375 would you say "sixty five euros and ...
- 141
5
votes
1
answer
226
views
What happened to the adjectival forms of Belize and Singapore in their currencies?
It's been researched that every country has their adjectival form (exception is a demonym, which denotes nouns), such as the adjectival form of Mexico is Mexican, the adjectival form of Russia is ...
- 4,647
5
votes
2
answers
1k
views
Etymology/history of "dib-dob" as military slang for foreign currency
Dib-dob is used as a generic term for foreign currency (I've come across it for Euros and Dollars).
I've recently heard this used by some RAF types, and had heard it before, from someone presumably ...
- 21.5k
-1
votes
4
answers
666
views
A term referring to the amount of money one has? [closed]
I am trying to find a word or term to describe the amount of money one has in posession.
For example:
Account balance
Bank statement
outstanding balance
Assets
In e.g the phrases "check your bank ...
2
votes
4
answers
5k
views
Word to describes the money that you lend to somebody?
I am confused about using words related to money.
I have looked up in Oxford Learner's dictionaries. The word "loan" has the meaning: money that an organization lends and somebody borrows.
On the ...
- 23
0
votes
1
answer
57
views
what is a single word to indicate bringing something up to currency? [closed]
looking to bring an aged computer systems up to latest version and want a single word to represent this action.
This will form the banner line for a 3 phase strategy is, Stablise, bring up to currency,...
- 1
2
votes
1
answer
2k
views
Of pence and pennies
Can someone confirm or deny or improve my understanding of the traditional way of using the word "penny" in Britain?
Let's say "traditional" means, at the very least, before decimalization (or should ...
- 2,458
-3
votes
1
answer
65
views
Understanding a billing's message [closed]
It's important and I want to make sure I understand it correctly before replying or reacting in any way.
Hello,
John here from billing.
Thank you for your patience while we reviewed your ...
- 101
1
vote
0
answers
32
views
Handling ranges where the unit prefixes the number [duplicate]
If the unit follows the number, then according to the accepted answer of the Including units of a measure in a range , you can skip the unit for the first value, such as "1–5 ℥".
However, that ...
- 18.1k
1
vote
4
answers
10k
views
What's a good word for "Expensive, but worth the money?"
I'm categorizing some products, and am lumping the cheapest ones together under "Budget-friendly." However, I'm having trouble with the high-priced group name.
Basically, I'm looking for a shorter (1-...
- 113
0
votes
1
answer
4k
views
How do you say 100ths of the euro? cents/ centimes
Does it depend one he country how to say amounts in euros?
25.90
twenty-five euro(s), ninety cents
twenty-five euro(s), ninety centimes
twenty-five euro(s), ninety
and with no euro,
.70
...
- 25
3
votes
1
answer
122
views
Name for industry standard cost
If you are a business that charges neither at the premium end of the scale nor the cheapest... but charge around average prices, what is the name for that?
Off the top of my head I'm thinking:
...
user236203
1
vote
0
answers
5k
views
When saying "making a donation on behalf of somebody" who has the money acually?
I was wondering when saying "make a donation on behalf of someone" does on behalf mean in the name of ? or it means someone who owns the money?
Thank you .
- 11
6
votes
3
answers
5k
views
What is "half a dollar" in pre-decimal British currency slang?
I've been listening to the BBC Radio show Hancock's Half Hour which was set in working class 50s/60s Britain before we decimalised our currency, and being in a very lower-class cockney London setting ...
- 491
1
vote
1
answer
97
views
I am providing a quotation for work and I want to include the currency notation. We are both in the same country. Is it appropriate? [closed]
I am providing a quotation for work and I want to include the currency notation. My potential client and myself are both in the same country.
Is it appropriate to use the currency notation?
I know ...
4
votes
4
answers
12k
views
What is the word or saying for when you pay money for something, but don't end up using it?
For example, I buy a bouncy house as a service, but I don't end up using it. I still have to pay for it, because the contract had me pay upfront.
Here's another. I sign up my kid for computer lessons ...
- 41
-1
votes
3
answers
56k
views
What would you call a person who keeps track of money?
The assumption is that the said person's full-time job is to keep records of in-flow and out-flow of cash or money.
- 103
7
votes
6
answers
4k
views
Why don't Yen and Yuan add an 's' in the plural form?
One says 10 Dollars or 10 Euros, but 10 Yen or 10 Yuan.
Why?
- 347
-1
votes
3
answers
3k
views
Five-Dollar Bills vs Five Dollar Bills
My coworker stated that he had a five-dollar bill in his pocket. I jokingly made a snarky pun along the lines of, "So, you have five-dollar bills". Arguments ensued.
My argument for the ...
- 771
3
votes
2
answers
27k
views
How to write £1 million where style guide clashes
I am writing the figure of £1,000,000 in a presentation but finding that my style guide clashes with what looks right.
'Million' must be spelled out.
'£' must be used instead of 'pounds'.
Numbers ...
- 367
1
vote
1
answer
976
views
Countable noun for a coin or a banknote
I am looking for a countable noun which can stand for either a coin or a banknote. Currency and money are the only two words I can think of, but not being countable they don't fit what I'm looking for,...
- 155
14
votes
4
answers
3k
views
What words describe the relation between "dollars" and "cents"?
A dollar can be divided up into 100 cents.
A Swiss franc can be divided into 100 rappen.
What are the words that describe these units (dollar vs cents or franc vs rappen)? I found out that ...
- 243
-1
votes
1
answer
218
views
How to address denominations of cash? [duplicate]
"Please bring lots of $1.00s and $5.00s" or "Please bring lots of $1.00's and 5.00's"?
2
votes
6
answers
7k
views
What to call money set aside for incidental expenses?
I have seen my father give some amount of money to my mother saying that it was for incidental expenses or asked her to spend on inessentials.
What is the right word for the money allotted/set aside ...
- 887
3
votes
3
answers
970
views
Word for the money that is paid for a carpool – equivalent word to the German informal word "Spritgeld"
In German there's the word Spritgeld which is a compound of petrol/fuel and money. So, the verbatim translation is petrolmoney or fuelmoney, respectively.
This is an informal word which is commonly ...
- 5,099
1
vote
0
answers
1k
views
Use of apostrophe or hyphen in money amounts
I'm trying to write a sentence along the lines of "we ordered 200 pounds' worth of stuff", but using the pound sign rather than the word.
Possible options:
"£200 worth"
"£200's worth"
"£200-worth"
"£...
- 19
5
votes
4
answers
450
views
Word request: "proprietary currency" or "artificial money"
I'll give two examples of this.
First example:
I was just at a local festival and I was hungry. To get myself a burger, I couldn't buy it with cash. I had to first purchase tickets with my cash, and ...
- 139
3
votes
3
answers
1k
views
Is "coin" still used to mean "money"?
To clarify, I'm not talking about money solely in form of metal coins. (As in: I then proceeded carefully to count out the entire 14 pounds 78 pence in coin - Oxford).
I'm talking about using 'coin' ...
- 20.9k