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Cent
//sɛnt// noun, slang
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Noun
- 1 A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
"It's true. 1.7 cents to make 1 cent. That really makes the phrase “you have to spend money to make money” ring painfully true."
- 2 a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit wordnet
- 3 A small sum of money. informal
"He blew every last cent."
- 4 a fractional monetary unit of several countries wordnet
- 5 A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.
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- 6 A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).
- 7 A hundredth of a semitone or half step.
- 8 A unit of reactivity equal to one hundredth of a dollar.
- 9 Abbreviation of century. abbreviation, alt-of
- 10 Abbreviation of Latincentum (“one hundred”). abbreviation, alt-of, obsolete
"And broght with hem many stout cent / Of green lordynges."
- 11 Abbreviation of centigrade. abbreviation, alt-of
- 12 Abbreviation of center. abbreviation, alt-of
Etymology
From Middle English cent, from Old French cent, from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.
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