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What is the sign for 'How Many/ How Much'?
The sign for 'how many' or 'how much' is performed using open hands in questioning gestures.
What does the sign for 'broke' look like?
The sign for 'broke' looks like a chop to the neck.
How do you sign 'buy'?
The sign for 'buy' looks like you are taking money from your hand and placing it in someone else's hand.
What does the sign for 'cheap' involve?
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Describe the sign for 'expensive'.
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How do you sign 'cost'?
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What does the sign for 'cash' look like?
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What does the sign for 'check' represent?
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How is the concept of 'dollar' signed?
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Describe how to sign 'earn'.
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What does the sign for 'free' look like?
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How is 'pay' signed?
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What is the sign for 'owe'?
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How do you sign 'sale'?
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What does the sign for 'percent' look like?
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How is 'change' represented in sign?
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Describe the sign for 'increase'.
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What does the sign for 'decrease' involve?
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What does the sign for 'receipt' depict?
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What does 'shipping' mean in sign language?
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Study Notes
Money Vocabulary in ASL
- "How Many/How Much" – Used to inquire about quantity or value.
- "Broke" – Sign resembles a chop to the neck, indicating lack of money.
- "Buy/Purchase" – Mimics transferring money from your hand to another's.
- "Cheap" – Signed with flat hands, indicating low cost.
- "Expensive" – Combines a movement of "MONEY" with a throwing gesture, signifying high cost.
- "Cost" – Non-dominant hand flat, dominate hand in "X," strikes down in a downward motion.
- "Credit-Card/Debit" – Rectangle shape signifies the size of a card, emphasizing its use.
- "Cash" – A flattened "O" hand shape smacks lightly onto the base hand's palm, representing physical money.
- "Check" – Use index fingers and thumbs to form a rectangle, indicating a bank draft or card.
- "Money" – Same as cash, twice smacking a flattened "O" hand onto the palm.
- "Dollar" – A numerical sign indicating dollar amounts, twisting for clarity.
- "Earn" – Movement from "C" to "S" handshape over the non-dominant hand conveys earning money.
- "Free" – Represented by the sign for safe, using an "F" handshape.
- "Pay" – Depicts flicking a coin from the palm to represent payment.
- "Owe" – Jab palm twice indicating a debt or contract obligation.
- "Sale/Sell" – Movement resembling holding and presenting a piece of paper.
- "FS-Tax" – Fingerspelling "T-A-X" as a representation.
- "FS-Tip" – Fingerspelling "T-I-P" for gratuities.
- "Shopping" – Similar to "buy," indicates the act of purchasing items.
- "Run-Out-Of" – Specific hand movement indicating depletion.
- "Reimburse" – Simply fingerspell the term.
- "Financially-Draining/Spend-A-Lot-Of-Money-On" – Gesture resembles sliding a quarter into a vending machine to show expenditure.
- "Change" – Different meanings: modify or denote money change as in coin.
- "Add" – Involves moving a squished "O" hand alongside a flat handshape.
- "Subtract" – Gesture implies removal or deduction, relevant for taxes too.
- "Percent" – Sign involves a crescent drawn in the air with an "O" hand, indicating proportions.
- "Profit" – Simple collection sign to indicate earning.
- "Valuable/Worth/Value" – Sign indicating importance.
- "Increase" – Represents growth or progression, such as a raise.
- "Decrease" – Both hands in "U" or "H" positions, movements indicate reduction.
- "Receipt" – Same action as a check, shows the shape of a receipt.
- "Shipping" – Simply fingerspell the term to convey the concept of sending goods.
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Test your knowledge of money-related signs in American Sign Language (ASL). This quiz will cover important vocabulary including terms like 'cheap', 'expensive', and 'credit card'. Enhance your ability to communicate about finances in ASL!