Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cent \Cent\, n. [F. cent hundred, L. centum. See {Hundred}.]
1. A hundred; as, ten per cent, the proportion of ten parts
in a hundred.
2. A United States coin, the hundredth part of a dollar,
formerly made of copper, now of copper, tin, and zinc.
3. An old game at cards, supposed to be like piquet; -- so
called because 100 points won the game. --Nares.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cent
n 1: a fractional monetary unit of several countries
2: a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
[syn: {penny}, {centime}]
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