Meaning

6 senses
  1. A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.

    Cent

    центcent

    центcent

    a fractional monetary unit of several countries

  2. (informal)A small sum of money.

    He blew every last cent.

  3. A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.

    Cent

    центcent

  4. A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).

    Cent

    центcent

    a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit

  5. A hundredth of a semitone or half step.

  6. A unit of reactivity equal to one hundredth of a dollar.

Examples

130 sentences
  1. You gave me only fifty cents.

    Ти дав мені лише п'ятдесят центів.

    ruВы дали мне только пятьдесят центов.

    deDu hast mir nur fünfzig Cent gegeben.

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  2. Tom won't charge you a cent.

    Том не візьме з тебе навіть копійки.

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  3. Tom agreed with me one hundred per cent.

    deTom war zu hundert Prozent meiner Meinung.

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  4. Tom agreed with me a hundred per cent.

    ruТом был согласен со мной на все сто.

    deTom war zu hundert Prozent meiner Meinung.

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  5. I don't have a red cent to my name.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
subunit of currency in US and elsewhere:
Русский
By meaning 1
subunit of currency in US and elsewhere:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
subunit of currency in US and elsewhere:

Origin

From Middle English cent, from Old French cent, from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-Europea

From Middle English cent, from Old French cent, from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

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Forms

plural: cents / cent
Singularcent
Pluralcents / cent

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
coin (Canada, US):pennyB1
of a euro:Eurocent
of a dollar:dollarcent
Close in meaning
  • a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit:pennycentime

Word family

16 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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