Administered by the Community Associations Institute. The AMS designation is the second tier of the pyramid of professionalism for community association managers. It builds upon the CMCAâs fundamental knowledge with requirements for added education and verified experience in the field.
The use of the phrase pound sign to refer to this symbol is found from 1932 in U.S. usage. Before this time, and still outside the U.S., the term pound sign was used to refer to the pound currency symbol (Â£) or the pound weight symbol (lb). An alternative theory is that this name arose from the fact that character encodings used the same code for both the number sign and the British pound sign Â£.
Pound definition, to strike repeatedly with great force, as with an instrument, the fist, heavy missiles, etc. See more.