cent.
A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
Meaning & usage
A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
A small sum of money.
He blew every last cent.
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.
A unit of reactivity equal to one hundredth of a dollar.
Abbreviation of century.
Abbreviation of Latincentum (“one hundred”).
Abbreviation of centigrade.
Abbreviation of center.
Where this word comes from
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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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.