Cent : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Cent	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cent n a fractional monetary unit of several countries a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit Synonym(s): penny, cent, centime
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.