Currencies

The symbol for the euro and other currencies comes before the number.

Exemple adequat250
Exemple adequat£900


Place the abbreviation for a currency before the amount and insert a non-breaking space between them so that the abbreviation and the number representing the amount never become separated at line breaks. To do this in a Word document, first write the currency abbreviation and the amount all together (e.g., EUR3,600, GBP571) and then position your cursor between the abbreviation and the amount (EUR|3,600 and GBP|571) and press Control+Shift+Space. To do this in an HTML document, insert the entity   in that same position.

Exemple adequatEUR 3,600

Exemple adequatGBP 571


The cent or pence symbol comes directly after the number (e.g., 50¢ or 50p). However, there is no official cent symbol for the euro, so write €0.50.

If you need to abbreviate large amounts such as million (m) or billion (bn), place the symbol or abbreviation for the currency before the amount and insert a non-breaking space before m or bn.

Exemple adequat€389 m

Exemple adequatEUR 389 m

Exemple adequat£425 bn

Exemple adequatGBP 425 bn
Darrera actualització: 23-11-2023
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Recommended citation:
«Currencies» [en línia]. A: Llibre d’estil de la Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona. Serveis Lingüístics. <https://www.ub.edu/llibre-estil/criteri.php?id=3009> [consulta: 28 març 2024].
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