Synonyms for
cent
A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
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All Definitions for Cent

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1A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
2A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.
3A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).
4A small sum of money.
5A hundredth of a semitone or half step.
6A unit of reactivity equal to one hundredth of a dollar.
7Abbreviation of century. [A period of one hundred consecutive years
8Often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.]
9Abbreviation of centigrade. [(uncountable) A centigrade scale for temperature having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure.]
10Abbreviation of center. [The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.]
11Abbreviation of Latincentum (“one hundred”).

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