cent
/sɛnt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.83 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
noun
A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.
noun
A unit of reactivity equal to one hundredth of a dollar.
noun
Abbreviation of century.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "And broght with hem many stout cent / Of green lordynges."
- "The demon makes his full descent / In one abundant shower of cent per cent."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm Proto-Italic *kəntom Latin centum Old French centbor. Middle English cent English cent From Middle English cent, from Old French cent, from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.
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Inflected Forms
cents (plural)
cent. (alternative)