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cent

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[sent]

noun

  1. one 100th of the dollar, or other basic monetary unit, of various nations, including the United States. ¢, c

  2. penny.

    Sorry, I’ve only got two dimes, a nickel, and four cents.

  3. a monetary unit of certain European Union countries, one 100th of a euro.



cent-

2
  1. variant of centi- before a vowel.

    centare.

cent.

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abbreviation

  1. centigrade.

  2. central.

  3. centum.

  4. century.

cent

/ ɛԳ /

noun

  1. 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. 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)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cent1

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, from Latin Գŧܲ “hundredth” (by shortening), equivalent to cent(um) “100” ( hundred ) + -ŧܲ ordinal suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cent1

C16: from Latin Գŧܲ hundredth, from centum hundred
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Idioms and Phrases

see for two cents; not worth a dime (red cent); put in one's two cents.
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Example Sentences

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But several former prime ministers have rushed to give their two cents.

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"We have seen some of Jetstar Asia's supplier costs increase by up to 200 per cent, which has materially changed its cost base," said Qantas Group Chief Executive Vanessa Hudson in the statement.

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Schwarzenegger complained that California received only 78 cents back from the feds for every dollar it sent to Washington, based on contemporary calculations by the Tax Foundation.

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England dominated the ball with 83 per cent possession, but frustratingly could not break down Andorra's well-organised defence and were mainly restricted to efforts from distance.

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Back in February, Waffle House implemented a temporary surcharge of 50 cents per egg at its nearly 2,000 restaurant locations across 25 states.

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When To Use

does cent- mean?

Cent- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “hundredth” or "hundred."Cent- comes from the Latin centum, meaning “hundred.” The word cent, as in a hundredth of a dollar and also known as a penny, ultimately comes from this same Latin root, as does percent. The Greek word for “hundred” is 첹ó, source of the combining forms hecto-, hect-, hekto-, and hekt-, which you can learn more about in our Words That Use articles for the forms.Cent- is a variant of centi-, which loses its -i- when combined with words or word elements beginning with vowels.Want to know more? Read our Words That Use centi- article.

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