ampersand
Speech parts
1. ampersand - Noun
2. ampersand - Verb
Meaning
A word used to describe the character /, /, or &.
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Ampersand, the TV advertising and sales company owned by Comcast, Cox and Charter, is putting its vast data network of 38 million households to work with a new external platform that lets partners.
In addition, the American landline representation of an ampersand was similar to "ES" (· · · ·) and hams have carried over this usage as a synonym for "and" (WX HR COLD ES RAINY, "the weather here is cold & rainy").
However, Paul Reid, of Ampersand Advocates in Edinburgh, argues last week’s decision not to try the evidence at the Court of Session could be a good thing – for the clubs and for Scottish football.
A double ampersand is needed in order to display a real ampersand.
The ampersand can be used to indicate that the "and" in a listed item is a part of the item's name and not a separator (e.g. "Rock, pop, rhythm & blues, and hip hop").
The ampersand character is used as a special character in at least some versions of the database software originally created in Denmark under the name Navision (the software has since been acquired by Microsoft ).