cent

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/sɛnt/

noun 5

Collocations

ADJ.

alone, british, last, paying, red, wrong

My gran still uses those old red cent coins she found in her drawer.

VERB + CENT

blew, charge, don't, fetch, haven't, like, make, makes

I haven't got a single cent left after paying the bills this month.

CENT + NOUN

calories, population, women

About 60 per cent of the population in that country lives in urban areas.

PREP.

after, from, on, per, with

The price increased by 5 per cent last month due to inflation.

ADV.

aside, only, really

I only set aside one cent for the charity donation because I was broke.

Definitions

noun

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.

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.

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

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

A hundredth of a semitone or half step.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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.

Wiktionary

He blew every last cent.

Wiktionary

Every cent aside from his own expenses for the barest kind of living went to his down-and-out buddies.

Wiktionary

Fifty-two per cent of British women prefer chocolate to sex.

Tatoeba · #2329

The victim of blackmail has been paying hush money for years, but now he realizes it is foolish, and has decided not to pay a red cent more.

Tatoeba · #19154

The man lives from hand to mouth and never saves a cent.

Tatoeba · #45357

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, cent is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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