What is "@" (at the rate) symbol called?

Question

I know @ is read as 'at', 'at the rate' or 'about' depending on context. But what is the technical name of the symbol? (For example, "&" is read as 'And', but the symbol is called 'Ampersand')

Answer 1

The at sign "@", read aloud in English as "at") is a typographic symbol most commonly used as an abbreviation in accounting and commercial invoices, in statements such as "7 widgets @ $2 ea. = $14". More recently, the at symbol has become ubiquitous due to its use in email addresses.

It is often referred to informally as the at symbol, the at sign, the ampersat, or just at. It has the official name commercial at in the ANSI/CCITT/Unicode character encoding standards.

The origin of the symbol is debated, but is most likely a cursive form of ā, or possibly à (the French word for 'at').

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Answer 2

At The Rate Symbol

Answer 3

"This sign originated as a scribe's quick way of writing the Latin word ad, especially in lists of prices of commodities. It is usually known as 'the at sign' or 'the at symbol', which is good enough for most people. It is sometimes called 'commercial a', and occasionally by the French name arrobe or arroba. It has acquired various nicknames in other languages, but none has so far caught on in English."

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Answer 4

According to The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language. it's called the "at sign".
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Answer 5

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What is "@" (at the rate) symbol called?
I know @ is read as 'at', 'at the rate' or 'about' depending on context. But what is the technical name of the symbol? (For example, "&" is read as 'And', but the symbol is called 'Ampersand')

Answer 8

The -sign has different names in different languages: In England it is called at-sign or commercial at, in Germany Klammeraffe (hanging monkey), in France arobas or petit escargot (small snail), in Spain arroba (an entity for weight) and in Italy chiocciolina (small snail).

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Answer 9

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