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À (minuscule: à), known as A-grave, is a Latin-script character composed of the letter A and a grave accent. It is found in the Catalan, Emilian-Romagnol, French, Italian, Maltese, Occitan, Portuguese, Sardinian, Scottish Gaelic, Vietnamese, and Welsh languages consisting of the letter A of the ISO basic Latin alphabet and a grave accent. À is also used in Pinyin transliteration. In most languages, it represents the vowel a. This letter is also a letter in Taos to indicate a mid tone. In accounting or invoices, à abbreviates "at a rate of": "5 apples à $1" (one dollar each). That usage is based on the French preposition à and has evolved into the at sign (@). Sometimes, it is part of a surname: Thomas à Kempis, Mary Anne à Beckett.

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