cent

/sent/ noun [C]

Definition

› MONEY a unit of money worth 0.01 of the main unit of many currencies including the US dollar and the euro, or a coin with this value: Directors announced a quarterly cash dividend of 78 cents per share.

(Definition of cent noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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