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Cents Worth Dollar Noun One Minute Phone Call Uk

Word3 cent
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /sent/ /sent/
Example
  • a one-minute phone call to the uk cost 10 cents.
  • the price of diesel was increased by 17 cents per litre.
  • the $300 he'd spent on a ticket was worth every cent.
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cent

(noun)/sent/ /sent/
  1. a coin and unit of money worth 1% of the main unit of money in many countries, for example of the US dollar or of the euro
    • SEE ALSO red cent
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/red-cent
    • A one-minute phone call to the UK cost 10 cents.
    • The price of diesel was increased by 17 cents per litre.
    • The $300 he'd spent on a ticket was worth every cent.

    Extra Examples

    • Directors recommended a dividend of 60 cents per share.
    • Subscribers pay 99 cents a song.
    • The company offered its creditors 30 cents on the dollar (= 30 cents for every dollar it owed them).
  2. to give your opinion about something, even if other people do not want to hear it
  3. Word Origin

    • late Middle English (in the sense ‘a hundred’): from French cent, Italian cento, or Latin centum ‘hundred’.
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