sent

¹ American  

[sent] / sɛnt /

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of send.

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sent ² American  

[sent] / sɛnt /

noun

plural

senti, sents

1. a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, one 100th of a kroon.

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sent ¹ British  

/ sɛnt /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of send 1 send 2

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sent ² British  

/ sɛnt /

noun

1. a monetary unit of Estonia, worth one hundredth of a kroon

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Etymology

Origin of sent

First recorded in 1925–30; from Estonian senti (compare Finnish sentti ), from Latin centum “hundred”; centum ¹

Example Sentences

Bonds have sent similar signals, with the gap widening between the yields on short- and long-term Treasury yields, or what is known on Wall Street as a steepening yield curve.

From The Wall Street Journal

Her legal representatives, Marque Lawyers, sent a letter to the festival on Sunday demanding it identify statements by the author that justified excluding her.

From Barron's

Commerce collapsed, smuggling flourished, and local juries sympathetic to their neighbors’ plight punished the customs officials and soldiers sent to enforce federal policy.

From The Wall Street Journal

In October the nongovernmental organization Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity reported that a Mexican subsidiary of the state-owned oil company, Pemex, sent $3 billion of crude to Cuba between May and August.

From The Wall Street Journal

But United couldn't muster a late escape as Lacey, already on a booking, brought a fitting end to a painful defeat when he was sent off for throwing the ball away in frustration.

From Barron's