Preferred format to display negative currency (US English)? [closed]

1. How do you format a negative currency?
2. How do you write negative currency in words?
3. How do you write negative dollars in text?
4. How do you show negative dollars in accounting?
5. What is currency format?

How do you format a negative currency?

The negative sign before the number but behind the currency symbol. The negative sign after the number. Enclosed in parentheses. Most currencies use the same decimal and thousands separator that other numbers in the locale use, but this is not always true.

How do you write negative currency in words?

In general, you would not write out the minus sign in descriptive text. The company suffered losses in excess of $7 billion. The company suffered a 2.4 million dollar deficit. The words "losses" and "deficit" make the minus sign redundant and unnecessary.

How do you write negative dollars in text?

It depends on the context. If you're listing balances, you could list Tom's balance as -$10. If you're writing VERY casually, you could write, “Tom's account balance is in the hole by ten dollars.” I've also seen amounts written in the format $ -10 or ($10) or even $10 -.

How do you show negative dollars in accounting?

In Accounting, it is common to represent negative numbers with leading and trailing parentheses. For example, (200) equals -200 .

What is currency format?

United States (U.S.) currency is formatted with a decimal point (.) as a separator between the dollars and cents. Some countries use a comma (,) instead of a decimal to indicate that separation.