cent

English

/sɛnt/

noun
Definitions
  • (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
  • (informal) A small sum of money.
  • (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.
  • (money) A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).
  • (music) A hundredth of a semitone or half step.
  • (obsolete) One hundred.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French cent (hundred) derived from Latin centum (hundred, a hundred) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm (hundred).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ḱm̥tóm

Gloss

hundred

Concept
Semantic Field

Quantity

Ontological Category

Number

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