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Meaning of "cent" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CENT

From Latin centēsimus hundredth, from centum hundred.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CENT

cent  [sɛnt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cent is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of cent in the English dictionary

The definition of cent in the dictionary is a monetary unit of American Samoa, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Austria, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Brunei, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Dominica, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guyana, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, the Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Monaco, Montenegro, Namibia, Nauru, the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, the Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, the Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Surinam, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, the United States, the Vatican City, the Virgin Islands, and Zimbabwe. It is worth one hundredth of their respective standard units. Other definition of cent is an interval of pitch between two frequencies f2 and f1 equal to 3986.31 log ; one twelve-hundredth of the interval between two frequencies having the ratio 1:2.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CENT


bent
bɛnt
Brent
brɛnt
cement
sɪˈmɛnt
comment
ˈkɒmɛnt
consent
kənˈsɛnt
content
ˈkɒntɛnt
dent
dɛnt
event
ɪˈvɛnt
extent
ɪkˈstɛnt
intent
ɪnˈtɛnt
kent
kɛnt
meant
mɛnt
prevent
prɪˈvɛnt
rent
rɛnt
represent
ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt
sent
sɛnt
spent
spɛnt
tent
tɛnt
vent
vɛnt
went
wɛnt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CENT

census data
centage
centai
cental
centare
centas
centaur
centaurea
Centauri
centaurian
centauric
centauries
Centaurus
centaury
centavo
centenarian
centenarianism
centenaries
centenary
centenier

WORDS THAT END LIKE CENT

accident
adolescent
advertisement
agent
agreement
apartment
assessment
client
component
current
department
development
different
document
efficient
element
employment
engagement
entertainment
environment

Synonyms and antonyms of cent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CENT

Find out the translation of cent to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cent from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cent» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

céntimo
570 millions of speakers

English

cent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रतिशत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سِنْت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

цент
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

centavo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শতাংশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

centime
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cent
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Cent
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

セント
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

센트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sen
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சதவீதம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टक्के
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sent
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

centesimo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cent
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

цент
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λεπτό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

persent
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cent
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cent

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CENT»

The term «cent» is very widely used and occupies the 6.026 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «cent» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «cent» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cent

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10 QUOTES WITH «CENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cent.
1
Franklin Pierce Adams
There are plenty of good five cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter.
2
Gautam Adani
The upward revision of import duty, from 1 per cent to over 4 per cent on steam coal imports, will adversely impact the industry, as it will lead to increase in cost of power generation.
3
Erez Lieberman Aiden
The top 10 verbs in the English language are all irregular, even though irregular verbs make up only 3 per cent of the language.
4
Adam Ant
It's good to play 100 per cent live - no tricks, no samples, no messing about.
5
Jeffrey Archer
I learnt a lot about myself, I learnt a lot about other people and the problems they have. If I was lucky enough to live to a hundred, how I will feel about two per cent of my life being that way, I don't know.
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Yann Arthus-Bertrand
The fact is that seven per cent of the global population emits 50 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, and the proportions are the same for the use of energy and raw materials, meat, wood, etc. Simply put, an infinitesimal minority consumes the most and imposes damage on the overwhelming majority, while asking it to change.
7
Franz Beckenbauer
If a Middle Eastern sheikh comes to buy Bayern Munich, he could buy 49 per cent. Fifty-one per cent must stay in Germany with the club. That law came about because of the developments of international football.
8
Hans Blix
I found it peculiar that those who wanted to take military action could - with 100 per cent certainty - know that the weapons existed and turn out to have zero knowledge of where they were.
9
Toni Braxton
I had a 23 per cent blockage in my micro-arteries. At first the doctors thought I needed a heart transplant, then they said I have microvascular angina, which means I will be on medication for the rest of my life.
10
Carla Bruni
I find that talking about myself is often the most boring thing in the world. Sixty per cent of interviews I find mechanical.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CENT»

Discover the use of cent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The 50th Law
This is a manifesto for how to operate in the twenty-first century, where everything has been turned on its head.
Robert Greene, 50 Cent, 2010
2
One Cent, Two Cent, Old Cent, New Cent
Provides an introduction to the history of money around the world, from trading shells and feathers to the creation of metal ingots and coins, with a review of how the first banks were formed and money is minted in the present day.
Bonnie Worth, 2008
3
The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It ...
Examines the influence of comic books on the evolution of American popular culture in the years between World War II and the emergence of television, focusing on the battle against comic books by church groups, community elite, and a right ...
David Hajdu, 2009
4
Playground
Loosely inspired by 50 Cent's own adolescence and written with his teenage son in mind, Playground received wide critical praise--and is now poised to become a perennial classic.
50 Cent, 2011
5
Death Before Dishonor
Achieving success with her twenty-four-hour beauty salon after a long stint in prison, Sunni despairs of finding a healthy relationship, while Trill, having served five years for a crime he did not commit, dreams of revenge and winning the ...
50 Cent, Nikki Turner, 2007
6
13 Cent Killers: The 5th Marine Snipers in Vietnam
Harrowing and unforgettable, these accounts pay tribute to the heroes who made the greatest sacrifice of all–and leave no doubt that among 5th Marine snipers uncommon valor was truly a common virtue. From the Paperback edition.
John Culbertson, 2007
7
Formula 50: A 6-Week Workout and Nutrition Plan That Will ...
This fitness book also focuses on nutrition— readers will discover the unique dietary combinations that fuel 50 Cent’s workouts.
50 Cent, Jeff O'Connell, 2012
8
Queens Reigns Supreme: Fat Cat, 50 Cent, and the Rise of the ...
Based on police wiretaps and exclusive interviews with drug kingpins and hip-hop insiders, this is the untold story of how the streets and housing projects of southeast Queens took over the rap industry.
Ethan Brown, 2010
9
The Lovett Cent; A Confederate Story
Learn the fascinating story of why Southern leaders ordered their one-cent piece from a northern die sinker at the outbreak of America's Civil War, and why it never became the circulating cent of the Confederacy.
Harold Levi, George Corell, 2006
10
50 X 50: 50 Cent in His Own Words
Through candid, raw personal essays and rare family photos, this compelling book tells the story of a man who rose from a life of hardcore hustling to one of unrivaled success not just in the music industry, but in the entertainment and ...
50 Cent, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cent is used in the context of the following news items.
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IHOP celebrates 57th year in business with 57-cent pancake special
IHOP will celebrate 57 years in business today by selling short stacks of three buttermilk pancakes for only 57 cents. The breakfast chain, which ... «AL.com, Jul 15»
2
Record 94 per cent polling in Bihar council elections
A record 94 per cent polling was recorded in today's election to 24 legislative council seats in Bihar, which has been billed as a semifinal ahead ... «Financial Express, Jul 15»
3
BofA-ML sees 0.3 per cent Q1 profit growth in Sensex companies
"Headline Sensex profit growth is expected to be mere 0.3 per cent on a consolidated basis. Excluding financials, aggregate profit is expected ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
4
Up to 80 per cent of mothers in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and …
Up to 80 per cent of women questioned in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Ireland reported drinking alcohol while pregnant, ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
5
50 Cent's Trolling Possibly Set Rick Ross Off, The Daily Beast …
According to The Daily Beast, the day before Ross' alleged attack on his gardener, the sex tape featuring Leviston, which 50 Cent allegedly ... «HipHopDX, Jul 15»
6
50 Cent fronts bail money for G-Unit rapper
... that [a judge] did the right thing and released Kidd Kidd, despite the DA's office opposing it. I am glad the label [and 50 Cent] supported him.” ... «Page Six, Jul 15»
7
Customers shocked at 10 per cent extra in bills at 2 coffee shops
Dubai — Customers of two popular coffee shops on Dubai's Shaikh Zayed Road got a rude shock after they started charging a 10 per cent extra ... «Khaleej Times, Jul 15»
8
50 Cent BLASTS Label Exec Sha Money XL Again Over Bobby …
Just a week after dissing Epic Records executive vice president Sha Money XL, 50 Cent is back at it again. On July 6, celebrating his 40th ... «Design & Trend, Jul 15»
9
Reserve Bank holds cash rate steady at 2 per cent
The Reserve Bank has held the official cash rate steady at 2 per cent for a second month, as widely expected, but left the door open for another ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
10
Cars still rule in Melbourne where 35 per cent use public transport
Many Melburnians are continuing to hop in their cars to travel to work. Just 35 per cent use public transport, compared to 50 per cent in Sydney. «The Age, Jul 15»

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