cent
Noun
- A monetary unit, typically one-hundredth of a dollar or other currency.
- a fractional monetary unit of several countries
- a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
- A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
- A small sum of money.
- A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.
- A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).
- A hundredth of a semitone or half step.
- A unit of reactivity equal to one hundredth of a dollar.
- Abbreviation of century.
- Abbreviation of centum (“one hundred”).
- Abbreviation of centigrade.
- Abbreviation of center.
Examples
- Every CENT of a point counted in the tightly contested Words With Friends match.
- He blew every last cent.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English cent, from Old French cent, from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.
Scrabble Score: 6
cent: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcent: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cent: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 8
cent: valid Words With Friends Word