cent
one 100th of the dollar, or other basic monetary unit, of various nations, including the United States. Symbol: ¢, c
penny (def. 1): Sorry, I’ve only got two dimes, a nickel, and four cents.
a monetary unit of certain European Union countries, one 100th of a euro.
Origin of cent
1Words that may be confused with cent
Words Nearby cent
Other definitions for cent- (2 of 3)
variant of centi- before a vowel: centare.
Other definitions for cent. (3 of 3)
centigrade.
central.
centum.
century.
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How to use cent in a sentence
The digital coin, priced at less than a cent when it was created more than a decade ago, now has a market capitalization of more than $802 billion, according to CoinDesk.
Tesla invests $1.5 billion in bitcoin, will start accepting it as payment | Taylor Telford | February 8, 2021 | Washington PostIt has a rainy-day fund of more than $10 billion that will allow it to keep the lights on without another cent coming through the door for about 70 days.
State Budgets Are In Tatters. Republicans in Washington Say Too Bad | Philip Elliott | February 4, 2021 | TimeWhere the apps have really come under fire is the many less than honest methods of competing with each other while squeezing out every possible cent from restaurants.
Scoring 50 per cent, Soeder was the third-most popular politician, while Merz scored 37 per cent in sixth place, Laschet 31 per cent in eighth and Roettgen 29 per cent in ninth.
Angela Merkel's CDU Party Is Choosing a New Leader. Whoever Wins Might Become Germany's Next Chancellor | Madeline Roache | January 14, 2021 | TimeTo get the most bang for your buck—or suction power for your cents—choose a corded model that doesn’t compromise on extras.
For example, since 2011 it has been adding 30 per cent more capacity per year on flights to Puerto Rico.
The Wall Street Journal reported that in the U.S. 44 per cent of drinkers aged between 21 and 27 had never even tried Budweiser.
In Kentucky the bourbon distillers have had to increase their payrolls by 77 per cent in two years to meet the demand.
Force senators, their spouses and their immediate family to report their wealth down to the last dollar and cent.
And--crucially--if no one gets 50 per cent of the vote, the top two candidates face off on December 6th.
The Act permits member banks to accept an amount of bills not exceeding 50 per cent.
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur PhillipsWe did not talk much about the past at dinner, except—ah me, how bitterly we regretted our 10 per cent.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonUp to the present, I have not received a cent from the revolutionists or from the Spanish Government to cover these expenses.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanThe percentage of gold to the notes—the main demand liability—has, of course, fallen from about 65 to 35 per cent.
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur PhillipsAt present this medium is paper money depreciated, as in the case of the Reichsbank notes, by nearly 30 per cent.
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur Phillips
British Dictionary definitions for cent
/ (sɛnt) /
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
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)
Origin of cent
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with cent
see for two cents; not worth a dime (red cent); put in one's two cents.
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