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Translation
A small coin worth one hundredth of a dollar, euro, or similar money.
Word origin
From Latin centum, meaning one hundred, because one hundred cents make one dollar.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- centum
- English cognates
- century, percentage
Grammar
Gender
Pluralcents
Examples
sweets ninety .
One hundred cents make one dollar.
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"Cents" is the plural of "cent".
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"Not a cent" is a common way to say no money at all.
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