CENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cent mean? 

• CENT (noun)
  The noun CENT has 2 senses:

1. a fractional monetary unit of several countries

2. a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit

  Familiarity information: CENT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fractional monetary unit of several countries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("cent" is a kind of...):

fractional monetary unit; subunit (a monetary unit that is valued at a fraction (usually one hundredth) of the basic monetary unit)

rupee; Sri Lanka rupee (the basic unit of money in Sri Lanka; equal to 100 cents)

Holonyms ("cent" is a part of...):

dollar (the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents)

birr (the basic unit of money in Ethiopia; equal to 100 cents)

Dutch florin; florin; guilder; gulden (formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents)

leone (the basic unit of money in Sierra Leone; equal to 100 cents)

lilangeni (the basic unit of money in Swaziland; equal to 100 cents)

bob; British shilling; shilling (a former monetary unit in Great Britain)

rand (the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents)

Mauritian rupee; rupee (the basic unit of money in Mauritius; equal to 100 cents)

rupee; Seychelles rupee (the basic unit of money in Seychelles; equal to 100 cents)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

cent; centime; penny

Hypernyms ("cent" is a kind of...):

coin (a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cent"):

copper (a copper penny)

new penny (a coin used in Great Britain since 1971 worth one hundredth of a pound)

 Context examples 

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Three days later, 33 per cent of the exposed cells had died by necrosis, compared with 2 per cent of cells without exposure.

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The yield of the grafted plants was 40 per cent higher than that of the ungrafted plants grown from seed.

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Researchers found people breathing in high amounts of air pollution were at least six per cent more likely to develop glaucoma than those in clean regions.

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In the morning he borrowed ten cents from Maria.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

By infecting mosquitoes with a common bacterium, scientists have in trials reduced the ability of the insect to transmit dengue, chikungunya and other viral diseases by up to 79 per cent.

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The situation is even more stark in Kiribati, where just 1 per cent of fish catch would address the calcium deficiencies affecting 82 per cent of people living in the Pacific island nation.

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Countries close to the equator typically see average temperatures of around 20-30 degrees Celsius and air humidity of around 60-95 per cent — ideal conditions for indoor mould to grow.

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About 90 per cent of the plastics that filter into the oceans come from just 10 of the world’s rivers which serve as conduits from urban areas.

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