Definition of "cent" in English

noun

1. (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.

2. (informal) A small sum of money.

   • He blew every last cent.

3. (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.

4. (money) A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).

5. (music) A hundredth of a semitone or half step.

6. (nuclear physics) A unit of reactivity equal to one hundredth of a dollar.

7. Abbreviation of century.

8. (obsolete, except in per cent and cent percent) Abbreviation of Latincentum (“one hundred”).

   • And broght with hem many stout cent / Of green lordynges.
   • The demon makes his full descent / In one abundant shower of cent per cent.

9. Abbreviation of centigrade.

10. Abbreviation of center.