sen

¹

[sen]

noun

plural

sen 

1. a money of account of Japan, one 100th of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.

sen

²

[sen]

noun

plural

sen 

1. a money of account of Cambodia, one 100th of a riel.

sen

³

[sen]

noun

plural

sen 

1. an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Indonesia, one 100th of a rupiah.

2. a bronze, cupronickel, or copper-clad coin and monetary unit of Malaysia, one 100th of a ringgit.

sen.

⁴

Or sen.

abbreviation

1. senate.

2. senator.

3. senior.

Sen.

¹

abbreviation

1. senator

2. senior

SEN

²

abbreviation

1. (formerly) State Enrolled Nurse

sen

³

/ sɛn /

noun

1. a monetary unit of Brunei, worth one hundredth of a dollar, Cambodia, worth one hundredth of a riel, Indonesia, worth one hundredth of a rupiah, Malaysia, worth one hundredth of a ringgit, and formerly of Japan (where it is still used as a unit of account)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sen.¹

First recorded in 1725–35; from Japanese, from Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese qián; chon

Origin of Sen.²

First recorded in 1960–65; from Khmer sein, probably Khmer pronunciation of the French abbreviation cent., for centime ( centime ), stamped on Cambodian coins

Origin of Sen.³

First recorded in 1950–55; from Malay, from English cent

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sen.¹

C19: ultimately from Chinese ch'ien coin

Example Sentences

They call me sen, anti-Semitic, which is not true.

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Uber Eats has sen an acceleration in demand since mid-March, with 89 percent year-over-year gross bookings growth in April excluding India.

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Not surprisingly, when the president Trump the "white power" video on Twitter he also described his supporters sen in the clip as "great people."

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“Today 3 sen can buy nothing. I think every treaty needs to be revised because the cost of living changes,” he said.

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“We’ve been known to come out lazy in the second half, so it was huge to do that,” senior Cal Han­sen said of the scoring spree.

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