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cent

sustantivocorriente en diálogos

  • //sɛnt//

A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.

sustantivo

  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

    informalA 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.

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

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

  5. 5

    A hundredth of a semitone or half step.

  6. 6

    A unit of reactivity equal to one hundredth of a dollar.

  7. 7

    Variante de centuryAbbreviation of century.

  8. 8

    Variante de LatincentumobsoletoAbbreviation of Latincentum (“one hundred”).

    And broght with hem many stout cent / Of green lordynges.

    The demon makes his full descent / In one abundant shower of cent per cent.

  9. 9

    Variante de centigradeAbbreviation of centigrade.

  10. 10

    Variante de centerAbbreviation of center.

Etimología

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.

Formas

plural
cents
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