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Cent
/sent/
A cent is a unit of currency that equals one-hundredth of a basic monetary unit, such as the US dollar.
Synonyms:
penny
copper
Antonyms:
This word has no antonyms
Examples:
"He said it was seventy-five
cents
."
Two and a half
cents
."
'Twenty per
cent
rise for the married men?' asks Neuner.
Etymology:
The word
cent
comes from the Latin
centum
, meaning
hundred
. It entered English as a term for a fractional unit of currency in the late 17th century.
Usage Statistics:
28 mentions per 1 million words
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