cent: Meaning and Definition of

cent

Pronunciation: (sent), [key]
— n.
  1. a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢
  2. the 100th part of the monetary units of various other nations, including Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Canada, Ethiopia, Fiji, Guyana, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Kenya, Liberia, Mauritius, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Seychelles, Sierra Leone, the Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uganda.
  3. sen.

cent-

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. var. ofbefore a vowel: centare.

cent.

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. centigrade.
  2. central.
  3. centum.
  4. century.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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