cent
/sɛnt/
cent noun: a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢. Also the abbreviation of century.
Noun
cent (plural cents or cent)
- A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
- It's true. 1.7 cents to make 1 cent. That really makes the phrase “you have to spend money to make money” ring painfully true.2015 November 22, “Pennies”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 35, John Oliver (actor), via HBO
- A small sum of money.
- He blew every last cent.
- Every cent aside from his own expenses for the barest kind of living went to his down-and-out buddies.1990, Lou Sullivan, From Female to Male: The Life of Jack Bee Garland, →ISBN, page 10
- A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.
- Synonyms:
- Eurocent
- A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).
- Synonyms:
- penny
- A hundredth of a semitone or half step.
- A unit of reactivity equal to one hundredth of a dollar.
- Synonyms:
- dollarcent
Also used as
cent is also the abbreviation of century.
cent is also the abbreviation of Latincentum.
cent is also the abbreviation of centigrade.
cent is also the abbreviation of center.
cent meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Tagalog
cent in Hindi
- subunit of currency in US and elsewhere
- सेंट seṇṭ
- coin
- सेंट seṇṭ
cent in Urdu
- subunit of currency in US and elsewhere
- سینٹ senṭ
cent in Bengali
- subunit of currency in US and elsewhere
- সেন্ট śenṭo
cent in Tagalog
- subunit of currency in US and elsewhere
- pera
More languagesFewer languages
- cent in Arabic
- سِنْت sint, سَنْت sant
- cent in Malay
- sen
- cent in Indonesian
- sen
- cent in Persian
- سنت sent
- cent in Thai
- เซ็นต์ sen
- cent in Vietnamese
- phần trăm
- cent in Myanmar
- ဆင့် hcang.
Examples of cent in a sentence
- Intersex babies account for roughly one per cent of all births.
- A cheque for zero dollars and zero cents crashed the computers on division by zero.
- Merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.
Synonyms of cent
Forms of cent
| plural | cents |
|---|---|
| plural | cent |
| alternative form | cent. |
Origin of cent
From Middle English cent, from Old French cent, from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.
Words formed from cent
Phrases with cent
Words that rhyme with cent
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- ascent
- rent
- resent
- scent
- absent
- augment
- cement
- content
- extent
- fragment
- lent
- prevent
- anent
- consent
- dent
- dissent
- percent
- relent
- spent
- Tashkent
- tent
- accent
- circumvent
- convent
- discontent
- intent
- invent
- went
- %
- assent
- dement
- ferment
- foment
- gent
- Gwent
- incent
- lament
- malcontent
- reinvent
- stent
- underrepresent
- attent
- big tent
- blent
- detent
- diapertent
- djent
- ent
Questions about cent
- What does cent mean?
- Cent means a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
- What is cent in Hindi?
- Cent in Hindi is सेंट (seṇṭ). See Cent meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cent?
- Cent is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cent?
- Cent is pronounced /sɛnt/.
- What is the plural of cent?
- The plural of cent is cents.
Words near cent in the dictionary
Source and license
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