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cent

1

[ sent ]

noun

  1. one 100th of the dollar, or other basic monetary unit, of various nations, including the United States. : ¢, c
  2. Sorry, I’ve only got two dimes, a nickel, and four cents.

  3. a monetary unit of certain European Union countries, one 100th of a euro.


cent-

2
  1. variant of centi- before a vowel:

    centare.

cent.

3

abbreviation for

  1. centigrade.
  2. central.
  3. centum.
  4. century.

cent

/ ɛԳ /

noun

  1. a monetary unit of American Samoa, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Austria, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Brunei, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Dominica, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guyana, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, the Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Monaco, Montenegro, Namibia, Nauru, the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, the Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, the Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Surinam, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, the United States, the Vatican City, the Virgin Islands, and Zimbabwe. It is worth one hundredth of their respective standard units
  2. an interval of pitch between two frequencies f 2 and f 1 equal to 3986.31 log ( f 2 / f 1 ); one twelve-hundredth of the interval between two frequencies having the ratio 1:2 (an octave)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cent1

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, from Latin Գŧܲ “hundredth” (by shortening), equivalent to cent(um) “100” ( hundred ) + -ŧܲ ordinal suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cent1

C16: from Latin Գŧܲ hundredth, from centum hundred
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Idioms and Phrases

see for two cents ; not worth a dime (red cent) ; put in one's two cents .
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Example Sentences

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Prabowo, who has continued to defend the programme, said this week that his administration will "handle" the allegations and "safeguard every cent of public money".

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Eighty per cent of patients are women and the average age of someone receiving surgery is 25.

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The Austin, Texas-based company reported adjusted earnings per share of 27 cents, well below analysts’ expectations of 41 cents.

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It also passes on its Stripe payment processing fees — 2.9% plus 30 cents — to the seller.

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"One important area to watch is whether women judges – who make up approximately 35 to 40 per cent of the judiciary – will face marginalisation or dismissal," says Mr Sayed.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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