cent

cent

 (sĕnt)

n. Abbr. ct.

A unit of currency equal to ¹/₁₀₀ of various currencies, including the US dollar and the euro.

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[Middle English, from Old French, hundred, from Latin centum; see dekm̥ in Indo-European roots.]

Our Living Language The plural of cent is cent in some varieties of vernacular Southern English when preceded by a numeral: That costs eighty cent. See Note at foot

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cent

(sɛnt)

n

1. (Currencies) 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. (Units) an interval of pitch between two frequencies f2 and f1 equal to 3986.31 log (f2/f1); one twelve-hundredth of the interval between two frequencies having the ratio 1:2 (an octave)

[C16: from Latin centēsimus hundredth, from centum hundred]

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cent

(sɛnt)

n.

1. a bronze coin and monetary unit of the U.S., equal to 1/100 of the dollar. Symbol: ¢

2. a monetary unit of various other nations, including Ethiopia, the Netherlands, South Africa, and many Commonwealth nations, equal to 1/100 of the basic currency.

[1325–75; Middle English < Latin centēsimus hundredth (by shortening), derivative of cent(um) 100]

cent.

1. centigrade.

2. central.

3. centum.

4. century.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cent - a fractional monetary unit of several countries dollar - the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents fractional monetary unit, subunit - a monetary unit that is valued at a fraction (usually one hundredth) of the basic monetary unit birr - the basic unit of money in Ethiopia; equal to 100 cents Dutch florin, florin, guilder, gulden - formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents leone - the basic unit of money in Sierra Leone; equal to 100 cents lilangeni - the basic unit of money in Swaziland; equal to 100 cents bob, British shilling, shilling - a former monetary unit in Great Britain rand - the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents Mauritian rupee, rupee - the basic unit of money in Mauritius; equal to 100 cents Seychelles rupee, rupee - the basic unit of money in Seychelles; equal to 100 cents rupee, Sri Lanka rupee - the basic unit of money in Sri Lanka; equal to 100 cents
	2.	cent - a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit centime, penny coin - a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money copper - a copper penny new penny - a coin used in Great Britain since 1971 worth one hundredth of a pound

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Translations

سِنْتسِنْت :جُزءٌ من مِئَة من الدولار

cent

cent

Cent

λεπτό

céntimocentavo

sentti

centcentime

cent

centpenny

sent

centesimocent

セント

센트

centas

cents

cent

cent

cent

centavo

цент

centstotin

cent

หน่วยเงินเซ็นต์

sent

xu

分货币单位

cent

[sent] N (= division of dollar) → centavo m; (= division of euro) → céntimo m
I haven't a cent (US) → no tengo ni un céntimo or (LAm) ni un peso

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cent

[ˈsɛnt] n

(= one hundredth part of dollar) → cent m (= 1:100 du dollar)
twenty cents → vingt cents

(= one hundredth part of euro) → cent m (= 1:100 de l'euro)
twenty cents → vingt cents
see also per cent

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cent

n → Cent m; I haven’t a cent (US) → ich habe keinen Cent; to put in one’s two cents’ worth (esp US) → seinen Senf dazugeben (inf)

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cent

[sɛnt] n (Am) (coin) → centesimo (1:100 di un dollaro)
I haven't a cent → non ho una lira or un centesimo
see also per cent

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

cent

(sent) noun

a coin equal to the hundredth part of a dollar, rupee, rand etc. sent سِنْت :جُزءٌ من مِئَة من الدولار цент centavo cent der Cent cent σεντcéntimo sent سنت sentti centסנט डॉलर इत्यादि का एक सौवां हिस्सा cent cent sen sent (mynt) centesimo セント (화폐단위) 센트 centas cents duit syiling centcent, 1/100 cent سينټ، دډالر سلمه برخه cêntimo cent цент cent stotinka cent cent เหรียญที่มีค่าหนึ่งในร้อยของหน่วยเงินตรา sent 分(貨幣單位，等於一美元、一盧比、或一南非蘭特的百分之一) цент ڈالر کا سوواں حصہ ، ایک سکہ đồng xu 分（货币单位）

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cent

→ سِنْت cent cent Cent λεπτό céntimo sentti centime cent centesimo セント 센트 cent cent cent centavo цент cent หน่วยเงินเซ็นต์ sent xu 分

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