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cent

noun
/sɛnt/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm Proto-Italic *kəntom Latin centum Old French centbor. Middle English cent English cent From Middle English cent, from Old French cent, from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

  1. derived from *ḱm̥tóm✻
  2. derived from centum
  3. derived from cent
  4. inherited from cent

Definitions

  1. A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many…

    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 small sum of money.

    • He blew every last cent.
    • Every cent aside from his own expenses for the barest kind of living went to his down-and-out buddies.

  3. A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.

  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).

    2. A hundredth of a semitone or half step.

    3. A unit of reactivity equal to one hundredth of a dollar.

    4. Abbreviation of century.

    5. Abbreviation of Latincentum (“one hundred”).

      • And broght with hem many stout cent / Of green lordynges.
      • The demon makes his full descent / In one abundant shower of cent per cent.

    6. Abbreviation of centigrade.

    7. Abbreviation of center.

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Derived

bitcent, centage, cent percent, dollar-and-cent, Fugio cent, half cent, red cent, ten-cent, ten-cent store, ten-cent tour, ten-cent word, twenty-five cent word

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA