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Word cent
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Phonetic BrE / sent / NAmE / sent /
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cent

(noun)BrE / sent / NAmE / 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 per cent
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/per-cent_1
  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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